January 30, 2004

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Participants in the March For Life make their way up Capitol Hill to the Supreme Court building Jan. 22 in Washington to mark the 31st anniversary of the Roe vs. Wade decision.

Pro-lifers gather in Washington on Roe vs. Wade anniversary

Archbishop’s Annual Appeal funds vital pastoral programs

By Catholic News Service

By Catholic San Francisco Staff

WASHINGTON — At rallies, prayer services and marches held in Washington on the 31st anniversary of the legalization of abortion in the United States, participants were encouraged to continue their fight against abortion.

During a Jan. 21 Mass celebrated as part of the National Prayer Vigil for Life, Cardinal William H. Keeler of Baltimore, chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Pro-Life Activities, urged participants to take to heart Pope John Paul II’s words uttered shortly after his elevation to the papacy: “Be not afraid!”

In his homily at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, the cardinal prompted applause from the assembly when he said, “Roe supporters have become the forces of reaction, the forces of entrenched interests; as we see here again tonight, the pro-life movement has become the younger, more vibrant force in this great struggle.

“You who are our wonderful young people — young in fact, young in heart — you have taken to heart the words of the Holy Father, ‘Be not afraid.’” PRO-LIFERS, page 9

Members of the local Church of the Archdiocese of San Francisco, which includes the Counties of San Mateo, Marin and San Francisco, often are not aware of the services and support provided to parishes and parishioners by the Archdiocesan Pastoral Center and central administrative office.

Ministries, services and support include, for example, parish and school subsidies, marriage and family life programs, hospital chaplains, religious education and youth ministry, deacon programs, clergy education, young adult ministry, vocations, pastoral outreach to prisoners, and administrative expertise in real estate, legal and employee issues.

To fund this centralized support for parishes, the Archdiocese has for many years relied upon the Archbishop’s Annual Appeal. With a planning process that involves pastors, the Annual Appeal for 2004 has been set at $5.2 million, an amount that covers most of the cost of pastoral ministries and programs.

Launching the 2004 Annual Appeal, a luncheon and ministry fair Jan. 20 at St. Mary’s Cathedral Conference Center was attended by about 350 ANNUAL APPEAL, page 5

Study of clergy sexual abuse of minors due in February Archdiocese of San Francisco reports data and statistics of local Church On Feb. 27, the National Review Board of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops will release a study conducted by the John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York.

This study, presenting aggregate national statistics, is designed to show the extent of sexual abuse of minors by Catholic clergy in the United States from 1950 through 2002.

A narrative report by the National Review Board, discussing the numbers of the John Jay study, will be released at the same time. A longer-term study of the causes and context of clergy sexual abuse in the United States is expected to get under way this spring.

The John Jay College study, commissioned by the National review Board, is based on a comprehensive survey of all Catholic dioceses in the United States regarding child sexual abuse by members of the clergy. It will present for the first time aggregate numbers of clergy sexual abuse in the U.S. Catholic Church. Statistics in the study cover the period from 1950 to 2002. The data and statistics in the John Jay Study are intended to serve as the basis for understanding the scope and extent of the problem of clergy sexual abuse of minors in the U.S. Catholic Church. No other American institution STUDY, page 7 is undertaking this kind of self-study.

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by Tom Burke Please take advantage of this last minute pitch for Late Nite Catechism January 31st – tomorrow night - at Junipero Serra High School. Tix at $40 per person get you into the raved-about show plus a pre-show party with beer, wine and appetizers. Headin’ up the fun is Lana Heagy of the school’s Mother’s Club. “It’s a great time for anyone who ever attended Catholic school or knows people who did,” said Lana, who as a 1965 alumna of St. Catherine’s, Burlingame, has a pretty good idea of the what-went-ons. Lana and her husband, Gary, celebrate 17 years of marriage June 18th, and are the parents of Serra sophomore Matthew, and Rachel, a 7th grader at Borel also in San Mateo. Tickets are available at the door. Food, beverage and chat from 6 p.m. with curtain at 7 p.m. You can also call (650) 345-5480…. Thanks for this fable-ous chuckle to grade school classmate, Tony Forlano. who still makes his home in the Archdiocese of Philly, and with whom I and about 150 other kids were members of the class of ’65 from St. Joe’s, Collingdale. It seems iconic football coach and announcer John Madden was on the bench at a Chicago Bears game and asked about a phone he saw at the end of the long chair. “That’s a phone to God,” a player told him “but it’ll cost you $100 to use.”

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Children and families staying at shelters sponsored by Catholic Charities CYO enjoyed Christmas gifts from Little Children’s Aid Junior Auxiliary. Funds for the holiday effort came from the Juniors Christmas Gift and Wrapping Drive. From left: Kimberly Lum, St. Brendan; Debbie McGrath, Juniors prez, St. Brendan; Maureen Hurley, St. Brendan; Sharon Brown, facility liaison; Cathy Abela, St. Cecilia.

him in predicting the week’s winners. Sure enough, all his picks were correct. A week later, a similar phone turned up in Dallas but cost $500. He paid and picked perfectly.

Philly was his next stop and again there was a phone.

Eagles quarterback Donavan McNabb told Madden it indeed was a connection to the Creator and would cost 50 cents to use. “Why only half-a-buck?” Madden said, as he whined about the high prices in Chicago and Dallas, “In Philadelphia,” McNabb told him, “it’s a local call.”

Thanks to Father Joe Bravo, parochial vicar, Holy Angels, Colma, for fillin’ me in on singer B.J. Thomas appearing at Archbishop Riordan High School on February 6th. The concert benefits Holy Angels School and features students dancing to the Hooked On a Feeling star’s music as well as his Raindrops Keep Fallin’ On My Head and other blasts from the past. Father Bravo is a “Mission District native” and grad of Sacred Heart elementary and St. Ignatius College Preparatory. A former religious and pastor of Sacred Heart Parish, Olema, he celebrates his 27th year as a priest May 21st. (See Datebook)… Running in honor of a life well lived are participants in this year’s Tom Caruso Memorial 5K race February 8th in Golden Gate Park. Tom, a graduate of St. Veronica Elementary, St, Ignatius Preparatory, St, Mary’s College and the MBA program at USF, died tragically while training for the U.S. Olympic trials in Las Vegas four years ago. Tom’s sister, Gina, also a St. Veronica and USF alum, said her family was “surprised and pleased” when the USF MBA Society approached them

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Donations may be made by check to USF, LMR 112, 2130 Fulton St., SF 94117. Information about participating “runners and walkers are welcome,” Maureen said - is available at (925) 283-0233…. Congrats to recently engaged Teresa Bondanza and Frank Lavin, both of St. Isabella Parish, San Rafael and set to be married March 28th at St. Mary’s Church, Nicasio. The bride’s proud folks are Dolores and Joe Bondanza, also of St. Isabella’s.

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Mel Gibson’s Movie “The Passion�

Shortly after New Year’s Day I was the invited speaker at the Anti-Defamation League’s monthly luncheon. They had asked me to come to speak on the topic of Mel Gibson’s soon-to-be-released movie “The Passion of the Christ.�

I had accepted the invitation with reluctance. The topic is a highly charged one, with articles appearing almost daily expressing Jewish fears of a resurgent anti-Semitism, coupled with the fear that the movie might exacerbate the recent spate of synagogue bombings in Istanbul, ugly graffiti in France, and the like. On the other hand, in response to critics Mel Gibson has defended his intentions by saying that he had a spiritual motive in make the movie, which in his mind is based on and faithful to the Gospels.

I opened my luncheon remarks by wondering if I would be accused of accepting an invitation under false pretenses, since I have not seen the movie. Neither in those remarks, nor in this column, do I pretend to offer a judgment about a movie I have not seen.

Many of us have read about others’ judgments of the movie, seen or unseen. The U.S. Bishops’ Conference had to disavow the work of one of its staff, Eugene Fisher, who occupies the Catholic-Jewish relations desk, who organized a group of Catholic and Jewish Biblical scholars to pronounce a negative judgment about the future movie, based on their reading of a purloined script. Various Vatican officials have praised the movie they viewed in advance showings, while another official warned that such opinions were not the official position of the Holy See. Even the Pope has seen the film; the Vatican press office said last week that it is not the practice of the Pope to provide an aesthetic comment on works of art, such as films.

At the ADL lunch I heard many comments from ADL Board members and their guests who had no personal constraints about making judgments on what they had read, even if they had not seen the movie. Many of these comments contained what I heard as sincere concerns about the possible anti-Semitic thrust of the film. Recalling the tragedy of the Holocaust, the long history of sporadic outbursts of anti-Semitism in Catholic and Protestant Europe, and the growing tension noted in many quarters in the wake of 9/11, of the Iraq war, and of the palpable

impasse in finding a just and peaceful resolution of the IsraeliPalestinian conflict, my Jewish dialogue partners expressed emotions of nervousness about any escalation of anti-Semitism as a result of this movie. They further placed before me a challenge: “Archbishop, what are you going to do about this?�

First of all, I went to this lunch because I share the principal aim of the ADL: we ought to work together to ease the tensions that many feel over the prospect of “The Passion.� We ought to do what we can to make sure that this movie does not contribute to anti-Semitic feelings, much less anti-Semitic actions.

One of the attitudes expressed by several of my dialogue partners was a too-common feeling that Catholic, and Christian teaching in general, held the position that Jews are guilty of deicide, of being “Christ-killers.� It is not just that as an American I am innocent of such teaching or experience.

Our history here, thank God, has not known the more brutal expressions of anti-Semitism that have flared up in Europe over the centuries. Indeed, Catholics and Jews both often experienced prejudice and hostility as new immigrants to this land, but early on too they overcame such prejudice and found accepted places in American society.

What seems important to say in the light of this discussion is that anti-Semitism is incompatible with Catholic faith. A correct understanding of the person and mission of Jesus, a Jew whose life is told in such dramatic fashion in the Gospels, rejects any interpretation of the events of the passion and death of Christ that imputes to Jews in general, either those living in Jerusalem in Jesus’ day, or Jews throughout history, a responsibility for his death.

It is true that the Gospels identify Caiaphas, the Jewish high priest, and other unnamed Jewish religious authorities, as calling for Jesus’ death. They identify Pontius Pilate, the Roman governor, as the one who decides on his capital punishment; and they portray unnamed Roman soldiers cruelly beating and crucifying him. But the Christian interpretation of the event of Christ’s passion and death is this: you and I, his disciples in every generation,

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are responsible for his crucifixion and death. It is for the forgiveness of our sins that he willingly became “obedient to the point of death - even death on a cross� (Phil 2:8). Not to any credit of mine I can say that in my experience throughout all my years of catechetical instruction, this interpretation of Christ’s death as caused by my sins, and those of all mankind, has been the focus.

Even in America, however, we have seen Catholics embrace anti-Semitic positions, seeking to justify them as compatible with or resulting from Christian faith. The infamous “radio priest� Father Coughlan of the 1930s had a large and willing audience for his anti-Semitic rants, until he was silenced by the Archbishop of Detroit. It is reason enough for me to take seriously the reminder of my ADL dialogue partners, “Archbishop, are you going to stand in solidarity with us now to combat any possible resurgence of anti-Semitism?� I do so willingly.

The ADL (CNS news service 1/22/04) says the Mel Gibson film “has the ‘potential to promote anti-Semitism’ through its ‘painful’ portrayal of Jews as being responsible for the death of Jesus.� On the other hand, Cardinal Castrillon and Archbishop Foley, both well known to me, call the film a deeply spiritual experience. It reminds me of Dennis Prager’s article last October. After watching an early cut of the film, Prager - a Jew - wrote: “When watching ‘The Passion,’ Jews ORDINARY TIME, page 14

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World Day for Consecrated Life observance set for Feb. 8

WASHINGTON — The U.S. House Judiciary Committee Jan. 21 approved a bill that would make it a separate crime to injure or kill “a child who is in utero” during an attack on the mother. The Unborn Victims of Violence Act would apply only to federal crimes of violence, such as kidnapping across state lines or an attack that takes place on federal property. About 30 states have laws offering some form of protection to unborn victims in crimes against pregnant women. Having no such protection in federal law “is unacceptable,” said Rep. Steve Chabot, R-Ohio, a sponsor of the bill. The 20-13 vote on the House bill followed party lines, with all Republicans in favor and all Democrats opposed. The House previously passed such a bill twice, in 1999 and 2001, but the Senate took no action either time.

Campaign gives voice to women suffering effects of abortions WASHINGTON — A new campaign by abortion opponents is giving voice to women who want to prevent other women from suffering the emotional, physical and psychological effects they say were a result of their own abortions.

“Operation Outcry: Silent No More” brought a handful of women to Washington for the anniversary of the 1973 Roe vs. Wade ruling, where they talked about the effects on their own lives of having abortions. Joyce Zounis of Colorado was among women speaking at the National Press Club. She told of having seven abortions in 11 years beginning at age 15. “Not once was I told of the physical risks I would suffer later,” she said, listing ovarian cysts, a difficult pregnancy due to physical damage from the abortions, fear of breast cancer and emotional damage.

Pollster says U.S. Catholics see themselves as Americans first WASHINGTON — Catholics in the United States so strongly identify themselves first as Americans before they think of themselves as Catholics that the church is in danger of losing its identity, according to pollster John Zogby. Especially among younger people, religion plays an increasingly smaller part in how people think of themselves, Zogby told an audience Jan. 20 at The Catholic University of America. The tendency of Americans to identify themselves first by nationality means, for one thing, that the “Catholic vote” politicians have sought for generations is really nonexistent, he said. “There are Catholic sensitivities,” such as defensiveness when someone insults the pope, he said.

But when pollsters study voter data and find that a particular candidate got “X” percentage of Catholic votes, Zogby said those voters probably made their electoral choice for reasons having little or nothing to do with religious beliefs. “They’re voting as veterans, as members of an ethnic group or a union, or according to the region they live in as their primary identity,” he said.

“Only secondarily, or maybe even (thirdly) do they vote as Catholics.”

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Bill to protect unborn victims of violence clears House committee

Vice President Dick Cheney tours the Borghese Museum in Rome Jan. 25. During his visit to the Italian capital, Cheney was to meet with Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and also have a brief audience with Pope John Paul II Jan. 27 at the Vatican.

Vouchers approved by Senate WASHINGTON — The Senate’s Jan. 22 approval of a $14 million voucher plan for low-income students in the District of Columbia was good news to Ronald Jackson, executive director of the District of Columbia Catholic Conference. “We had all the pieces in place,” he told Catholic News Service Jan. 23. He also was quick to point out that the legislation, which President Bush is expected to sign into law, will not merely provide voucher funds but also will benefit the district’s public and charter schools. The House passed similar legislation last fall. The plan will provide $14 million for vouchers over a five-year period, offering 1,700 low-income children scholarship grants of $7,500 to attend private or religious schools and allowing $1 million for administrative costs. The bill, which is expected to go into effect next fall, also includes $13 million for public schools and $13 million for charter schools in the District of Columbia.

Archbishop O’Malley sees crisis in ‘new religion of relativism’ MINNEAPOLIS — Today’s culture is marked by a relativism that has become “the religion of the mass media and also of the educational establishment,” Boston Archbishop Sean P. O’Malley told some 300 listeners at the national assembly of Communion and Liberation Jan. 19. “Today, we’re turning out writers, editors, teachers and managers who embrace this new religion of relativism,” he said. “Perhaps our idolatry of freedom has led to the belief that we can all choose our own truth because the truth as an absolute is rejected as too confining, too demanding on the autonomous self.”

He said, “The crisis is quite complex. We have a crisis of faith; people are prepared to believe almost anything.

It’s a crisis of credulity. Religion is being reduced to

WASHINGTON — “They Left Everything and Followed Jesus” is the theme for the 2004 World Day for Consecrated Life, to be observed in a variety of ways in U.S. parishes Feb. 8. Plans for celebrating the work and lives of men and women vowed religious and members of secular institutes include special liturgies and dinners, broadcasting the Mass for consecrated life day on diocesan TV channels, and articles in diocesan newspapers focusing on consecrated life. In Chicago, for example, more than 30 priests, brothers and sisters from religious communities in the archdiocese will speak at Feb. 8 Masses; each parish in the archdiocese received a liturgy planning guide, general intercessions, bulletin announcements and homily notes for the World Day for Consecrated Life services. Cardinal Francis E. George of Chicago was to celebrate Mass at the city’s Shrine of Our Lady of Pompeii, followed by a panel discussion on the challenges and rewards of consecrated life. He is a member of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate religious community.

Pope-Cheney meeting comes as U.S.-Vatican rebuild relationship VATICAN CITY — Vice President Dick Cheney’s first meeting with Pope John Paul II comes at a time when U.S.-Vatican relations are in a rebuilding phase following the war in Iraq. Cheney was scheduled to meet with the pope in a private audience Jan. 27, and later to hold talks with the Vatican secretary of state, Cardinal Angelo Sodano. Sources said the discussions would touch upon a number of topics, chief among them the situation in Iraq, the Middle East and international terrorism. The pope and other Vatican officials argued strongly against the U.S. decision to invade Iraq, but in recent months they have focused on the need for cooperative reconstruction rather than on past differences.

Vatican official says abuse norms in U.S. complex but working VATICAN CITY — As U.S. dioceses implement stricter sex abuse policies and deal with accused priests, they have a quiet but watchful partner in the Vatican.

The norms for responding to alleged sexual abuse of minors by priests were worked out between U.S. bishops and Vatican officials in a highly publicized series of meetings in 2002. They give bishops a number of options in dealing with accused priests, with the Vatican retaining oversight and final decision-making authority in most cases. The system is necessarily complex and deliberate but, more importantly, it is working, said Msgr. Charles Scicluna, a Vatican doctrinal official who deals directly with many of the cases. “Obviously, we’re all on a learning curve. These cases are being handled as we speak,” Msgr. Scicluna said in an interview in mid-January. But he said the U.S. norms, in tandem with the Vatican’s more universal rules for such cases, are proving fair and workable. Some priests have been permanently removed from ministry, some have been laicized and some have been scheduled for a church trial, he said.

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Front row left, Deacon Bill Mitchell of Novato’s Our Lady of Loretto; Bob Fajardo, Eleanor Fajardo and Christie Vattrione of St. Anthony of Padua. Back row left, Father Brian Costello; and St. Anthony parishioners Erin Troy and Paul Gallagher.

Annual appeal . . .

■ Continued from cover people — lay volunteers, parish staff, religious and clergy from parishes throughout the Archdiocese of San Francisco.

Archbishop William Levada told the attendees, “I thank you for the energy, dedication and the competence you put into making this Appeal a success each year,” he said. “Your presence here today represents your commitment toward the ongoing work of the Appeal.”

He added, “The Annual Appeal is part of our Archdiocesan effort to be God’s people and to continue the mission of Christ.”

The Archbishop reflected on the current economic crises facing the state and cities, noting there is reason to believe that this

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year more people would be counting on the Church and the pastoral services funded by the Appeal. He encouraged parish staffs and volunteers to do their best so the Church would be there for those who needed her.

He also understood that some parishes could have special needs, perhaps capital needs. And others could face different challenges, possibly finding parishioners effected by the economic downturn moving away where they could better afford to live.

Archbishop Levada said he expected to be meeting with pastors and others concerning the various ways all the parishes in the Archdiocese could participate through the Appeal. He said it was important to bring to people a greater awareness of the broad scope of the Church’s work in the Archdiocese.

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Regarding any money being used in clergy abuse cases the Archbishop said, “We reiterate for you, and you can reassure your people, that we have not used any money, and do not anticipate using any money from the Appeal to deal with any of the expenses incurred in clergy abuse settlements.”

He thanked the gathering once more before presenting Certificates of

Archbishop Levada presents a Certificate of Achievement to St. Paul parishioner Ruth Colicchia, San Francisco.

“She is 90 years young,” and has worked out on AAA since its inception.

Achievement to three-dozen individuals in recognition of their long service in support of the Annual Appeal.

The Annual Appeal launch also featured workshops, providing assistance to staff and volunteers involved with fundraising at parishes, conducted by Father Bill Justice of San Francisco’s Mission Dolores Basilica and Mr. Bill Tiedje of St. Hilary in Tiburon.

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Author describes shift in worldwide Christianity in lecture at USF Global Christianity is in the midst of a major demographic transformation, inexorably moving from a Christianity bound up with Western civilization to one rooted in emerging cultures. The new center of gravity in the Christian world is rapidly advancing south to Africa, Latin and South America and Asia.

This observation and its impact were the topics of a talk titled “Ecumenism and Globalization” by Penn State Professor Philip Jenkins Jan. 26 at the 25th Paul Wattson Lecture at the University of San Francisco.

Jenkins told an audience of more than 200 that demographic growth was the key to understanding the new world of Christianity. He noted Africa, which had 10 million Christians in 1900, now has 360 million and an increasing rate of growth. In the Philippines last year, he said, there were more baptisms than the combined total of France, Spain and Poland.

“If we want to visualize a typical contemporary Christian,” Jenkins said, “we should think of a woman living in a village in Nigeria or in a Brazilian favela.”

Whatever the experience of Christianity in the growing secularization of Europe and North America, Christianity is experiencing rapid expansion in the global South, Jenkins noted. By 2050, there is likely to be three billion Christians worldwide, but only one in five will be a nonLatino white, he said.

Teachers’ conference Catholic elementary and secondary school teachers from throughout the Archdiocese will gather for a first of its kind daylong conference at Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory in San Francisco, February 6.

The conference theme, “From LPs to CDs - What?

MP3s? Understanding students in a rapidly changing world,” said Holy Name Sister Marianne Viani, associate superintendent for curriculum/school improvement, reflects the need to understand today’s students in their technological world.

Jesuit Father Michael Garanzini, president of Loyola University in Chicago, will focus on the dynamics and challenges of today’s changing family in his keynote address. Speakers include Dr. Hal Urban of the University of San Francisco; Michael Pritchard, comedian and children’s advocate; and Diane Provo, of KRON-4 news. Sister Gretchen Hailer teams with San Francisco Police Officer Kim Mercer to discuss children and the internet.

Growth of Christianity is tied to globalization, Jenkins said. “The reduction of trade and investment barriers also means there is a global transmission of ideas, as well.”

Contrasting the nature of Christianity in the global North, Jenkins said the kind of Christianity in the global South tends to be “charismatic, evangelical, even fundamentalist.” Jenkins said this difference will continue to cause strains within Christian Churches.

He pointed to the Anglican Community and the reaction of morally conservative African Anglican Churches to the ordination of an openly gay bishop in the United States.

Cultural factors play a role as well, he said. The Nigerian Anglican reaction was, in part, driven by a realization that the country’s Islamic clerics would condemn acceptance of the ordination as a collaboration with Western decadence.

Another cultural difference between the Christianity of the global North and global South is the experience of scriptural healing and miracles. While the West doesn’t quite know what to do with these events, the Christianity of Africa, South America and Asia is characterized by a deep belief.

“In the global South, the authority of the Church is tied to its ability to perform miracles,” Jenkins said.

He said over the past fifty years, many ecumenical efforts have developed at a high level. The changes in worldwide Christianity presents a very different set of circumstances and strains that will affect ecumenism. In a declining Western Christianity, there may be a drawing together, Jenkins said. But this may be matched by an internal growing apart within individual churches.

Jenkins, a professor of history and religious studies, is the author of The Next Christendom, published by Oxford Press in 2002.

The Paul Wattson Lectures honor Father Paul J. Wattson, founder of the Franciscan Friars of the Atonement and pioneer for the cause of Christian Unity.

Penn State Professor Philip Jenkins

To mark the 25th anniversary of the USF Paul Wattson Lecture/Seminar series, the Franciscan Friars of the Atonement presented the Paul Wattson Christian Unity Award to the University of San Francisco noting its consistent commitment to fostering ecumenical and interreligious dialogue and activities.

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January 30, 2004 January 30, 2004 Dear Friends in Christ, To all of the faithful in our local Catholic Church in the Archdiocese of San Francisco, which includes San Francisco, San Mateo County and Marin County, I send my prayers for peace and reconciliation among all peoples in this new year.

An important and continuing task for the Archdiocese of San Francisco — indeed for every diocese in the United States – is full implementation of the U.S. Bishop’s “Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People.” The Charter was approved by U.S. Bishops in June 2002 to deal comprehensively and effectively with the crisis of clergy sexual abuse and episcopal oversight.

Several weeks ago, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops released the results of an independent audit, which measured diocesan compliance with the mandates of the Charter. As reported in Catholic San Francisco, the Archdiocese of San Francisco was judged to be in full compliance with the Charter requirements and it also received a commendation for strides in outreach to victims.

Next month, a study by the John Jay College in New York — commissioned by the National Review Board of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops — will present aggregate statistics of child sexual abuse perpetrators and victims within the U.S. Catholic Church in the period 1950 to 2002. No other American institution is undertaking such a self study, but this action represents one of many steps we must take to honestly and forthrightly deal with the spiritual and temporal damage brought on by the abuse crisis.

The attached statement provides data specific to the Archdiocese of San Francisco regarding sexual abuse of minors by priests and related information. The national John Jay study and this release of data concerning the experience of the Archdiocese of San Francisco both reflect the commitment of U.S. Bishops to transparent and open communication with the faithful.

All of us in our Church – clergy and faithful alike – deeply grieve for the pain and suffering caused to victims and their families by the abuse and betrayal of children. I have met with victims/survivors of clergy sexual abuse and I have been the sad witness of the deep and lasting harm of abuse.

The actions we are taking to comply with and indeed go beyond the requirements of the Charter underscore our commitment to provide a safe environment within the Church for children, young people and everyone. We are determined to restore the trust of the faithful as we deal openly with this very painful chapter in the long history of the U.S. Catholic Church.

Sincerely yours in Christ

Most Reverend William J. Levada Archbishop of San Francisco

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Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People, approved by U.S. Bishops in June 2002 ARTICLE 9. The work of the Office for Child and Youth Protection will be assisted and monitored by a Review Board, including parents, appointed by the Conference President and reporting directly to him. The Board will approve the annual report of the implementation of this Charter in each of our dioceses/eparchies, as well as any recommendations that emerge from this review, before the report is submitted to the President of the Conference and published. To understand the problem more fully and to enhance the effectiveness of our future response, the National Review Board will commission a comprehensive study of the causes and context of the current crisis. The Board will also commission a descriptive study, with the full cooperation of our dioceses/eparchies, of the nature and scope of the problem within the Catholic Church in the United States, including such data as statistics on perpetrators and victims.

Archdiocese of San Francisco Statement – January 30, 2004 Article 9 of the “Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People,” approved by U.S. Bishops in June 2002, calls for a comprehensive study of the causes and context of the clergy sexual abuse crisis. An important phase is the completion of a descriptive study of the nature and scope of the problem within the Catholic Church in the United States, including such data as statistics on perpetrators and victims.

To accomplish this initial step, the National Review Board of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops commissioned the John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City to complete a study, which will present for the first time aggregate numbers and data regarding clergy sexual abuse in the U.S. Catholic Church. The John Jay College set the timeframe for study to be the period 1950 to 2002. The Archdiocese of San Francisco cooperated fully with officials from the John Jay College in their efforts to complete this study. The following data includes information as of January 30, 2004.

Between 1950 and the present, 56 priests in ministry for the Archdiocese of San Francisco have been accused of sexual abuse involving a minor by 148 victims. In the case of five of these priests, involving five alleged victims, there was insufficient evidence to sustain the allegations.

The total number of priests in ministry for the Archdiocese of San Francisco, who served at a parish, school or other Archdiocesan facility, between 1950 and the present is estimated to be 3,606 – including diocesan

priests, religious order priests in Archdiocesan assignments and priests on assignment from other dioceses and/or serving as summer replacements. Not included in this total are religious order priests who served in private universities, high schools or grammar schools operated by a religious order.

The total of 51 priests accused of credible allegations of sexual abuse involving a minor from 1950 to the present represents 1.4 percent of the total number of priests in ministry for the Archdiocese of San Francisco during that 53 year period.

The majority of known incidents of sexual abuse of a minor by a priest in ministry for the Archdiocese of San Francisco occurred in the 1960s and 1970s. More than 85 percent of the alleged incidents occurred prior to 1980. By contrast, only six of the 148 allegations of sexual abuse registered with the Archdiocese pertain to conduct after 1990.

These six allegations involved a total of five priests, two of whom were priests on assignment from other countries.

Since 1950, the total amount of payments made by the Archdiocese of San Francisco’s insurance carriers and the Archdiocese’s self-insurance program for legal settlements, therapy and counseling for victims and legal defense expenses is $10.25 million. This total includes $9.25 million for settlements (approximately 33 percent to 40 percent of which is customarily paid by victims to their attorneys); $500,000 for therapy and counseling for victims; and $500,000 for legal costs incurred by the Archdiocese in its defense.

The number of known lawsuits pending against the Archdiocese of San Francisco pertaining to child sexual abuse by priests is 66, all of which were filed between January 1 and December 31, 2003. This is the period covered by a California statute (“Burton Law” SB 1779), which allowed for one year the filing of civil lawsuits that otherwise would have been barred due to applicable statute of limitations. The pending lawsuits involve a total of 23 priests, 11 of whom are deceased.

The Archdiocese of San Francisco was established in 1853 and once encompassed virtually all of northern California. During the years covered by the John Jay study, 1950-2002, there were periods of time when the territory and personnel of neighboring dioceses were part of the Archdiocese of San Francisco. For example, the current Dioceses of Santa Rosa (established 1962); Oakland (established 1962); Stockton (established 1962); and San Jose (established 1981) were part of the Archdiocese of San Francisco prior to their being established as separate and independent dioceses.

Statistics pertaining to incidents of sexual abuse of minors by priests in these neighboring dioceses prior to their establishment are included in the Archdiocese of San Francisco data. In some cases, therefore, the same alleged perpetrator and victim claimant are included in the reports of both the Archdiocese and another diocese. However, the John Jay study, which will be released February 27, 2004, has a mechanism to detect any double reporting of clergy abusers and victims.

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148 victims. In five cases, there was insufficient evidence to sustain the allegation.

The total number of priests in ministry for the Archdiocese at a parish, school or other facility between 1950 and the present is estimated to be 3,606, the report said. This number includes diocesan priests, religious order priests in Archdiocesan assignments and priests on assignment from other dioceses and those serving as summer replacements. The statement said religious order priests who served in private universities, high schools or grammar schools operated by a religious order are not included in this number.

The 51 priests accused of credible allegations of sexual abuse involving a minor —from 1950 to the present — represents 1.4 percent of the total number of priests in ministry for the Archdiocese of San Francisco during that 53 year period.

Professor Thomas G. Plante of Santa Clara University recently noted that “Research conducted with other occupational groups who have unsupervised power over and access to children (e.g. teachers, coaches, scout leaders) suggest that sexual abuse of children occurs in these groups at a frequency comparable to that of Catholic priests.”

The statement released by the Archdiocese of San Francisco said that most of the known incidents of child sexual abuse by a priest took place in the 1960s and 1970s.

“More than 85 percent of the alleged incidents occurred prior to 1980,” the statement said. It noted that “only six of the 148 allegations of sexual abuse registered with the Archdiocese pertain to conduct after 1990.” These six alle-

gations involved five priests including two on assignment from other countries, the statement said.

Information released by the Archdiocese also included data on financial aspects. The total amount of payments made by the Archdiocese’s insurance carriers and its selfinsurance program for legal settlements, therapy and counseling for victims and legal defense expenses amounted to $10.25 million, as of Jan 30, 2004. This amount includes $9.25 million for legal settlements, in which approximately 33-40 percent normally goes to the claimant attorney; $500,000 for therapy and counseling for victims; and $500,000 for legal defense costs.

The statement said the number of known lawsuits pending against the Archdiocese of San Francisco pertaining to child sexual abuse by priests is 66, all of which were filed in 2003, the year that the so-called “Burton Law,” passed in 2002, allowed the filing of civil lawsuits that otherwise would have been barred due to applicable statute of limitations. The Archdiocese said the pending lawsuits involve a total of 23 priests, 11 of whom are deceased.

Because surrounding dioceses once were part of the Archdiocese of San Francisco, the statement said “statistics pertaining to incidents of sexual abuse of minors by priests in these neighboring dioceses prior to their establishment are included in the Archdiocese of San Francisco data.” Thus, the same alleged perpetrator and victim claimant could be included in the reports of both the Archdiocese and another diocese.

The statement concluded, “However, the John Jay study, which will be released February 27, 2004, has a mechanism to detect any double reporting of clergy abusers and victims.”

■ Continued from cover As a number of other U.S. Catholic dioceses have done, the Archdiocese of San Francisco has released individual diocesan data prior to the release of the national John Jay College study. In a statement dated Jan. 30, the Archdiocese reported data and statistics, current to that date, regarding the number of priest perpetrators, victims and other related information.

In an accompanying letter to the faithful, San Francisco Archbishop William J. Levada said the John Jay College study “represents one of many steps we must take to honestly and forthrightly deal with the spiritual and temporal damage brought on by the abuse crisis.”

Archbishop Levada said, “All of us in our Church – clergy and faithful alike – deeply grieve for the pain and suffering caused to victims and their families by the abuse and betrayal of children. … The actions we are taking to comply with and indeed go beyond the requirements of the Charter underscore our commitment to provide a safe environment within the Church for children, young people and everyone. We are determined to restore the trust of the faithful as we deal openly with this very painful chapter in the long history of the U.S. Catholic Church.”

The Archdiocese of San Francisco reported that between 1950 and the present time, 56 priests in ministry for the Archdiocese were accused of child sexual abuse by

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Catholic Relief Services Agency’s work in Iraq brings help to children, mothers

By Evelyn Zappia

K

ate Moynihan, staff member of Catholic Relief Services, currently works in Iraq where she said “not everyone is happy” about the occupation of American humanitarians — or any U.S. citizens in their country, but “not everyone is unhappy” either.

The CRS veteran of 11 years has been asked hundreds of times just how dangerous is it being in Iraq? “There are rogue elements making Iraq a difficult environment at times,” she answers, “but surely common sense would dictate if the danger was extreme.”

The real heroics by CRS began six years ago, according to Moynihan, when the organization decided to send a doctor to Iraq, to provide infant care on a trial basis, “despite the deficiencies and mismanagement of Saddam Hussein’s regime, and the darkness of the sanctions.”

The trial period brought the great need for infant care to the forefront, and CRS members elected to live in Iraq, and launch a Well Baby program.

“It was not easy to initiate a project under Hussein’s regime,” she said. “It took a lot of blood, sweat, tears, and clever negotiations to operate parallel to that government structure.”

The Well Baby program has been in place full-time in Iraq for the last three years, it is “simple and to the point,” according to Moynihan. “It’s a supplemental feeding program for children and pregnant women. It raises the community’s awareness for the necessity of good nutritional habits.”

By the end of 2002, the program had reached nearly 19,000 children and more than 11,000 pregnant and lactating women in nine areas of Iraq. It gave local non-governmental organizations the opportunity to address the complexities of malnutrition.

“CRS is one of the few American organizations that did manage to administer life saving programming during the regime,” she said.

Moynihan believes the acceptance of CRS, where other organizations might not be readily received, is due to the importance it places on the dignity of all human persons, and at the core of its work - the principles of Catholic Social Teaching.

“None of this would be possible if it were not for our local partners, especially the local Catholic/Christian Church,” she said. “The Catholic/Christian community is very old – arguably one of the oldest Churches in the world. In spite of the fact that it is a minority Church in Iraq, it has a very long proud tradition of being true and faithful to its social principles of ‘need not creed,’” she said.

Moynihan spoke of a remarkable encounter she had with the Iraqi people regarding a Catholic legacy that continues to be spoken about in Baghdad today although it was banished thirty-five years ago.

In 1932, Pope Pius XI asked Jesuit Father Wlodimir Ledochowky to open a school in Baghdad. Eleven Jesuits opened the doors of Baghdad College that same year. Initial enrollment was 120 students and eventually increased to 1,000. The school remained open until 1969 when Saddam Hussein’s Baath Socialist Party expelled the Jesuits.

Moynihan met a “room filled” with Iraqi people who either attended Baghdad College, or knew family members who attended. “Many of them spoke about the experience with tears

Samia Ishau with her children Randa Raad, 5 1/2 years, and Nafea Raad, 3 1/2 years.

Salwa Marzen with her daughter Athraa Saleh, 40 days old.

in their eyes,” she said. “It was an extraordinary moment.”

Through her work in the Well Baby Program, Moynihan has learned to love the Iraqi people. “They have become my extended family,” she said. “Just like real family members, we rally together at the birth of a child, a wedding or death - it’s love.”

She added, “Unfolding in Iraq today are transnational problems, poverty, alienation, and marginalization. One of the things the Catholic Church does well is cross all borders.

The Church is transnational and effective.”

Surprisingly, Moynihan says the Iraqi people “are more like us than most would imagine.” The first concern mothers and fathers have is their children. They want them to be happy, receive good medical care, and have food on their tables.

A good example of the people and their concerns can be found in their direct involvement in CRS’ latest program the Iraq Community Assistance in Southern Iraq.

The ICA program, a citizen-driven project, gave the Iraqi people the opportunity to identify priorities for improving their communities. “Upgrading the schools, fixing the local primary clinics, and digging water wells” topped the list.

“Even in the middle of a crisis, people do pretty well making decisions,” said Moynihan. “That’s the reason why we put a lot of stock in the people.”

Before CRS approves any project, it brings in technical people to give validity to the proposed plan. CRS always works closely with its partners. In this project, it consults with Iraq Caritas and the Basra Diocese.

The ICA program targets 25 local villages, focusing on

rehabilitating infrastructure, supporting post-conflict recovery and strengthening civil society by encouraging the Iraqi social groups to work together.

CRS supervises the project, brings in the talent and expertise to finish the project and manages the financial issues.

Moynihan credits CRS’ success to the United States people who are the major contributors to the Catholic lay organization. She admitted, the peoples’ generosity makes her feel like an “American ambassador.” Because of their benevolence, CRS has helped alleviate human suffering globally over the last 60 years.

“The American spirit is incredible,” she said. “We are a very good country and extraordinary culture, always connecting with the underdog. When we reflect and understand, we usually take the right course. We should account more for the good we do.”

Moynihan expresses just as much pride in CRS’ commitment working globally for the betterment of people. “In our hearts, we know we are making a difference,” she said “In my opinion, just to be here working in Iraq required a tremendous amount of nuancing and knowledge,” she said.

“It took courage on the part of CRS to go down this path.”

She praises the “humble approach” that CRS takes no matter where the organization may be working. “CRS is there when the people need it. It is never profiled in the news, and never seeks profiling. Even its vehicles are unmarked. It unassumingly remains steadfast in its commitment to saving lives worldwide,” she said.

CRS (www.catholicrelief.org) is a Catholic lay organization founded in 1943. It is the official overseas relief and development agency of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.

Lalya Muhsen with her daughter Nahla, 2 1/2 years old, who has heart problems.

Caritas Medical Centre No. 5 in Bagdad.

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Pro-lifers . . .

Sarah Custalow, 16, Sandra Whitty, 15, Emily Addison, 15, and Heidi Bolding, 16, all from Grace Church in Fredericksburg, Va., pray in front of the U.S. Supreme Court at the end of the March for Life Jan. 22 in Washington. Participants in the annual demonstration walked from the Ellipse near the White House to Capitol Hill and the court building in protest of the court decision in Roe vs. Wade that legalized abortion.

More than 20,000 people pack the MCI Center for the Rally for Life and Youth Mass in Washington Jan. 22 prior to the March for Life, an annual demonstration protesting the Supreme Court's Roe vs. Wade decision that legalized abortion.

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more openly about the physical and emotional pain they suffered from their abortions they will begin a new grassroots movement.

Panelist Cathy Cleaver Ruse, director of planning and information for the U.S. bishops’ Secretariat for Pro-Life Activities agreed, stating that society as a whole is beginning to understand the concept that abortion kills babies but it “still embraces abortion saying it’s good for women.”

She described the women who are speaking out as “our new prophets who will bring us to the end of this. These women are the rest of the story.”

In a Jan. 22 press conference by the National Right to Life Committee, Wanda Franz, the organization’s president, said that “the days of Roe are numbered: The number of abortions is down and the support for abortion rights has eroded.”

At a separate press conference, the American Life League launched a new ad campaign with the theme “The Way of La Crosse,” which it said “pays tribute” to letters sent to some Catholic politicians in Wisconsin by Archbishop Raymond Burke when he headed the Diocese of La Crosse, Wis., urging them to drop their support for abortion or not receive Communion at Mass. The league said all bishops “must send a clear, unambiguous message” that “you cannot be pro-abortion and Catholic.”

The rally was part of the Silent No More Campaign cosponsored by the Catholic organization Priests for Life and the National Organization of Episcopalians for Life, known as NOEL. One of the first speakers was actress Jennifer O’Neill, who sat in a wheelchair because of a broken foot. O’Neill told the crowd that all speakers that night had different stories and different reasons for having their abortions but one common thread was that they all regretted the procedure.

“You can’t kill your own young and be well afterward,” she said, adding that she had nine miscarriages after her abortion.

She also said that she suffered emotionally after the abortion, but pointed out that her faith in God enabled her to find “healing, hope and restoration.”

Alveda King, the niece of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., told the crowd she too felt the emotional pain of having an abortion, but also came to experience God’s forgiveness.

Rallies where women speak frankly about the impact of abortion on their lives have expanded the pro-life movement’s emphasis, according to Georgette Fourney, executive director of the National Organization of Episcopalians for Life and co-founder of the Silent No More Awareness Campaign.

During a Jan. 23 panel discussion on abortion and the American woman at The Catholic University of America in Washington, Fourney said that as women begin to speak

(CNS PHOTO BY DON BLAKE, THE DIALOG)

The cardinal then read a message sent by President Bush thanking them for their participation in the National Prayer Vigil for Life and for their “ongoing dedication to building a culture of life in America.”

President Bush also addressed March for Life participants at a Jan. 22 rally at the Ellipse between the White House and the Washington Monument, telling them by phone from Roswell, N.M., that they must continue “to remind our fellow citizens that all life is sacred and worthy of protection.”

He spoke of the abortion-limiting legislation passed during his administration, including the Born-Alive Infants Protection Act; the ban on partial-birth abortion, which is facing a court challenge; and restrictions on use of tax money in international programs that encourage abortion.

He also listed several other pieces of legislation he would support, including increased federal funding for abstinence education and passage of the Unborn Victims of Violence Act, which would allow prosecution under homicide statutes for the death of fetuses killed during the commission of a crime.

The crowd gathered on the Ellipse for the March for Life rally resembled a high school pep rally complete with chaperones. People assembled in small groups to take pictures of themselves, eat a quick lunch or hold aloft banners before the speeches began, and they seemed more relaxed than in previous years, perhaps in part because of warmer temperatures.

At midday, the temperature reached 40 degrees, quite unlike years when marchers faced below-freezing weather or walked through snow.

Betty Herold, a parishioner at St. Augustine’s in Barbertown, Ohio, has been marching for the past 25 years to protest the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1973 Roe vs. Wade and Doe vs. Bolton decisions legalizing abortion. This year, prior to the march she stood at the side of Constitution Avenue along with thousands of others, making the street look like a pre-parade gathering. She and other St. Augustine parishioners said the march invigorated them.

And a group of youths under the banner New Hampshire Teens for Life seemed equally invigorated.

“This is huge. I’m so glad I came,” said Meghan McNamara, a freshman from St. Thomas Aquinas High School in Dover, N.H., at the Ellipse.

She and her friends said they had a mixed reaction from their friends back home about coming to the march, but hoped to get a pro-life group together when they got back.

After the rally speeches, participants walked along Constitution Avenue to the Supreme Court and then many continued to visit members of Congress and lobby for prolife legislation.

Before heading back to their buses, hundreds of marchers stopped at Catholic churches located on either side of the Capitol for drinks and snacks.

At the end of the day, when most marchers began their trips home, a few hundred remained in front of the Supreme Court for a another rally where at least 50 women held signs that read “I regret my abortion.”

(CNS PHOTO BY PAUL HARING)

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Roses are offered at the 18th Annual Interfaith Memorial Service for the Victims of Abortion held at Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church in San Francisco on January 23. After prayer, song, readings and reflections, individuals offered roses in remembrance of the more than a million and a half babies aborted each year since the Roe vs. Wade decision by the Supreme Court in 1973.

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Catholic san Francisco Northern California’s Weekly Catholic Newspaper

Working toward the answers The Archdiocese of San Francisco this week provides to members of the local Church a report on the number of priests accused of sexual abuse of a minor, the number of known victims and related information covering the past 53 years – the research timeframe set by the John Jay College study, which will be released nationally in late February. The John Jay College study is an aggregate statistical report based on a comprehensive survey of all Catholic dioceses in the United States.

Any sexual abuse of a child or young person by an adult causes tragic and long-lasting harm to the victim. When the abuse is committed by a member of the clergy, it also is a betrayal of trust. While it is painful for victims and members of the Church to look closely at the corpus of this tragedy and betrayal, we must learn what happened, when it happened and why it happened.

The U.S. Bishops in approving the “Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People” in June 2002 committed themselves to support for victims, action on perpetrators and efforts to assure a safe environment for children and youth within the Church. The U.S. Bishops also committed themselves (Charter — Article 9) to answering the questions above.

When the national John Jay College study is released, it likely will receive a good deal of media attention and it may give more shocks to faithful Catholics. But the goal of the study is to further understand the scope of the problem, serve as a basis for determining its causes and contribute to efforts that assure that children and young people are not abused in Church environments.

As Archbishop Levada notes, no other American institution is going through this kind of self study. To those who might argue that the Catholic Church is unique in the incidence of adults using children or youth for sexual gratification, one only needs to consider research that shows similar rates of child sexual abuse among groups such as teachers, coaches and scout leaders.

U.S. Conference of Bishops President Wilton Gregory and others in the Church have expressed the hope that the Catholic response will spark needed national attention to the societal problem of child sexual abuse. Professor Thomas Plante of Santa Clara University says research shows that about 20 percent of women and 15 percent of men report that they were victims of sexual abuse when they were children.

This means that approximately 48 million Americans (of the total 281 million) have been (or will be) sexually victimized as children.

In reading media reports about the John Jay College study, it will be important to see what picture the statistical study draws. For example, the data for the Archdiocese of San Francisco shows that a large majority of known incidents of sexual abuse by priests in ministry for the Archdiocese occurred in the 1960s and 1970s, with 85 percent taking place before 1980. Only six allegations of sexual abuse of a minor were reported to the Archdiocese since 1990.

Two inferences seem to be clear: First, there were factors at work which caused a spike in the 1960s and 1970s. What these factors may be, the sexual revolution, upheaval in society and the Church, etc., will be the focus of additional research and study. Second, the sharp drop in incidents reflects a growing concern and increasing steps by U.S. Bishops to confront the problem.

The Archdiocese of Boston is not representative of all Catholic dioceses in the United States. Likewise, the picture of the priest perpetrator as pedophile is not, in reality, the norm. The incidents of sexual contact by priests with children or youth ranges along a spectrum from kissing to the worst case of rape. All abuse along this spectrum is to be condemned, but to understand the problem in full, we need to understand its complexity.

Contrary to popular opinion, U.S. Bishops had taken remedial steps well before the national scandal broke in the Archdiocese of Boston in January 2002. Many dioceses have had policies and programs in place for more than a decade. Seminaries, dioceses and religious orders now routinely hire qualified psychologists to conduct thorough psychological evaluations of applicants. Investigation of criminal records and other background checks now are standard operating procedure. Seminaries now offer training in sexuality and strategies for maintaining appropriate professional boundaries.

MEH

What a testimony Today’s edition of Catholic San Francisco (1/16/04) is the best.

I turn first to Fr. Ron Rolheiser, then the rest of that page and the paper. The article "Trust in the abyss of My mercy" is heart rending, but thanks be to God for the courage and trust that young woman has in God’s mercy and that she has been strong enough to raise her sons to love and cherish their faith.

What a testimony.

Doris Zona San Mateo

The deacon’s wife

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Warrior preservationist I was dismayed to find an article about Lynne Cheney on the front page of Catholic San Francisco. What is the point of highlighting a paltry gift of ten thousand dollars to the restoration of the California Missions? Don’t you see that this gift is purchasing publicity for right-wing values and war-mongering?

Thomas P. Huvane San Mateo

L E T T E R S

I would like to commend Deacon Peter Boulware on his clear and heartfelt response to the Church in articulating the wonderful vocation of deacon.

Deacon Leon Kortenkamp gave the Church an excellent catechetical response to the question of the faculties and functions of the deacon as well as the fact that most of the wives of the deacons are just as involved in Church ministry as their husbands.

Personally, I would be very interested in hearing from the People of God and learning about their experiences of having a deacon in their parish. This would help the diaconate community in seeing where they have been effective as well as where we might need to put forth more effort. We are always stretching for growth in ministry and looking for ways in which we can be more effective in serving the Church.

Jesus and his Apostles as well as the disciples lived amongst their community. They did not walk a different path or live a different kind of life. The deacon and his wife live that same kind of life, living and working amongst the people.

The deacon is not a “fill-in” for the shortage of priests. We need only refer to the Documents of Vatican II if there is any question on this matter. The diaconate is a separate and complete Order in the hierarchy of the Church; deacon, priest, bishop. Their ministries are not the same. The ministry of deacon is one of service, first to the Archbishop and then to the People of God. I remember with great fondness our many years serving at the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption when Archbishop Quinn would vest, placing under his vestment the vestment of the deacon, the dalmatic. It was always a dear sign to me as we saw our commitment clearly symbolized in this gesture. The Deacon’s ministry is one of service, thus the word “diakonia.”

Letters welcome

I can attest that I have yet to meet any deacon who feels “pressed into preaching” since in fact, that is one of their faculties, and a most effective one, I might add.

I believe I speak for the deacons and their wives in saying that we are eternally grateful to the Holy Spirit for our vocations of love and service for the Church.

Paulette Borg Novato

Honor the Court, not life

The Archbishop of LaCrosse, Wisconsin has opened a can of political worms by declaring that Catholic legislators will be denied Communion if they fail “to uphold natural and divine law” with respect to abortion. (Catholic San Francisco 1/16/04) The Archbishop has failed to distinguish between his spiritual authority and non-existent temporal powers. A legislator takes an oath to uphold the Constitution and the laws. Roe vs.

Wade, like it or not, is the law of the land. For the Archbishop to attempt to dictate to a legislator how he should vote on a Constitutional issue has two terrible consequences. First, the legislator’s vote should be dictated by his own conscience, not that of the Archbishop. Secondly, it lays the foundation for the charge that “the Church is dictating how the legislator should vote.” The Archbishop is likely too young to remember the anti-Catholic tirades which were engendered by the Al Smith presidential campaign in 1928. “The Pope will be giving orders to our President if a Catholic is elected” was the cry then. It wasn’t until John F. Kennedy managed to put this kind of nonsense to rest that a Catholic candidate for public office did not have to defend that he was his own man, not the puppet who takes orders from the Church.

Many years ago in another state where I resided, local corruption was rampant. A group of leading citizens, including the bishop, came to my Catholic lawyer brother and urged him to run for District Attorney to clean up the county.

He agreed. During the campaign our pastor volunteered to direct the congregation from the pulpit to vote for my brother. We had to beg him on bended knee not to do so. If he had, it would provide an argument that the Catholic Church was trying to dictate who should win an election. That was a sure way to lose one.

The Archbishop of LaCrosse has sown the same evil seed. He is telling Catholic legislators how to vote on a public issue. If they vote wrong, in the opinion of the Archbishop, they are deprived of Communion. This sounds more like the Church of the 16th century than the 21st.

Jerome F. Downs San Francisco

Catholic Radio Hour Week of Feb. 2-6 Weeknights at 7 p.m. – KEST 1450 AM Radio Pray the Rosary – hosted by Fr. Tom Daly One half-hour of prayers, reflections and music Monday:

Joyful Mysteries of the Rosary; Immigrant Workers Free Ride: Maryknoll Radio.

Tuesday:

The Sorrowful Mysteries of the Rosary; Immigrant rights are civil rights: Maryknoll Radio.

Wednesday: Glorious Mysteries of the Rosary; Domestic Security Enhancement Act: Maryknoll Radio.

Thursday: Luminous Mysteries of the Rosary; Three Minute Theologian.

Friday:

Sorrowful Mysteries of the Rosary; Constitution Project: Maryknoll Radio.

“Mosaic” airs Sunday morning on KPIX - Channel 5 Andrew Galvan, new curator at Mission Dolores, talks with host Tom Burke on the “Mosaic” TV program airing Sunday Feb 1 at 5 a.m. on KPIX-Channel 5. Mission Dolores, founded in 1776, is an extraordinary historical treasure of San Francisco.

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Guest Commentary

Slavery and a woman’s “right” to choose Four score and seven years after the establishment of the United States, our nation was torn in Civil War over an issue that was left unresolved with the ratification of the Constitutionthe issue of slavery. For many, the issue of slavery had to do with the fundamental right to private property and to abolish it would be to violate those property rights of the slave owner. For others it was an issue over the very meaning of human freedom itself in which slavery violated a slave’s fundamental right to be free. At one point, the Supreme Court issued the landmark Dred Scott Decision in which it determined that a black slave had no rights that a white person was bound to respect. In the end, it took the unrelenting dedication of the abolitionist movement, and ultimately the President of the United States to finally bring about the abolition of slavery in America.

January 22 marked the thirty-first anniversary of another monumental decision of the United States Supreme Court over an issue just as divisive in our country as was the issue of slavery. In 1973 the Supreme Court in the case of Roe vs. Wade determined that a woman had a right to freely choose to abort her unborn child.

For some, the Supreme Court heralded a great breakthrough in the progression of Women’s Rights in our nation; for others it sounded the death-knell for countless millions and became the key issue in the development of what many refer to as a “culture of death.” Those in favor of abortion on demand state that a woman’s rights over her body, even (perhaps especially) regarding pregnancy are fundamental to her freedom as a woman. Those opposed maintain that such an allowance violates one of the most basic rights we have as human beings. It has pitted against each other two ideologies that many see as fundamental to us as Americans – the right to privacy, and the right to life.

This issue once again came to prominence when on

Tuesday, October 22, 2003, the United States Senate voted overwhelmingly to ban a form of the procedure known notoriously as “partial-birth” abortion. As the President signed the bill into law, pro-abortion advocates decried the vote, promising to push the issue again to the Supreme Court of the United States.

There are many aspects of the issue of slavery that we are seeing re-played within the debate over abortion. Slavery was seen as essential to the economy of the South, just as abortion is seen as essential to the fundamental rights of women. While the opponents of abortion believe in the unborn child’s basic right to live, so too did abolitionists believe in the slave’s fundamental right to freedom. Just as many argue that abortion is an issue of women’s rights, so the advocates of slavery believed that theirs was an issue of the slave owner’s property rights. Just as those who advocate abortion resent the “imposition” of religious values by those insisting that abortion is a sin, so too did many in the pro-slavery South resent the religious insistence that slavery was morally wrong and that those of African descent are human beings of equal dignity before God. Our nation has a grand history of making strong distinctions regarding the rights of its citizens and how they relate to the rights of others. In the regular resolution to such conflicts, our society has always resolved that we as human beings have rights, but not to violate the rights of another. For example, a person has the right to swing one’s arm or throw one’s fist.

However, that right ends where another person’s nose begins.

We have the right to free speech, but that right does not include putting people in danger by shouting “fire” in a crowded theater as a hoax. Parents have the right to discipline their children, but not to the point of physical harm and abuse.

We have freedom, but not to hinder the freedom of another.

The issue of slavery was resolved in the same spirit.

Our society does not deny the property rights of any

American, until those property rights violate another person’s basic human right to freedom.

Then came Roe vs.

Wade. The fundamental difference between the issues of slavery and abortion is not in the Father issue, nor in the nature of Bill Nicholas the debate, but rather in the outcome. While our nation resolved the issue of slavery clearly against the socially dominant slave-owner, Roe vs. Wade resolved the abortion issue, not in favor of the underdog, the child, but in favor of the absolute rights of the socially dominant woman who wishes to kill her unborn child.

The decision of Roe vs. Wade, therefore, can be considered to be historically inconsistent with our nation’s history of protecting the rights of those whose rights might otherwise be violated by another. While slavery is an issue that is very different from abortion, the conflict and debate over rights is very similar. Like the struggle against slavery the abortion issue has grown into a debate over the very nature of rights, and their relation to the rights of others. Like the Dred Scott decision, the Roe vs. Wade decision has pulled our country in the wrong direction. Perhaps it will take the dedication of the pro-life movement, and perhaps even another president to set our nation on the proper course once again, as it did when the struggle against slavery was at its height.

Fr. Bill Nicholas is a parochial vicar at Nativity Parish, Menlo Park. He was ordained in 2001.

Family Life

Why did the soldiers kill Jesus?

My dad took care of my three year old son for a day and afterwards told me this story: They were walking from the playground to McDonald’s and they saw a squirrel, lying dead in the street. My son wanted to stop for some minutes to look at the squirrel.

“Pa, is that squirrel dead?” asked my son.

“Yes,” replied my father.

“What happened to him?”

“He got run over by a car,” said my dad.

“Did his mommy cry?”

“Well, yes I think she probably did.”

“Did he go to heaven?”

“Yes, I think he did,” said my dad.

“And when will he be raised from the dead?”

My dad was amazed at my son’s last question.

Granted, it was shortly after Easter that this took place. It started me thinking though, that if you take your children to Mass from the beginning of their lives, you are going to have conversations about death very early. After all, every Sunday, what do they see on the altar but a tortured, crucified Christ. At my parent’s church there are large pictures of the Stations of the Cross. During mass, my son is constantly pointing to them and asking me questions.

He wants to know why Christ has a stab wound in his side, why there are nails in his hands and feet, who are the

people helping Jesus? But his main question, which he asks over and over, is “Why did the soldiers kill Jesus?” Perhaps the reason he keeps asking this question is that he has not been given a satisfactory answer. Why did the soldiers kill Jesus, and how do you explain it to a three year old?

After trying a number of answers which just led to more questions I told him, “We’ll ask Daddy.” When he asked my husband he replied, “Because they didn’t understand him, they were afraid of him.” Yet my son persists, when he thinks of the issue, in asking us that question.

I am reminded of a passage near the end of the Japanese novelist Shusaku Endo’s book, Scandal. “As it was the Sunday after Easter, the church was more crowded than usual. Beyond the altar, the emaciated man spread his arms wide, and his head drooped. Powerless to resist and soaked in blood, he had dragged his weary legs toward the execution ground. Along the way, the crowds had jeered at him, hurled stones at him, and reveled in his torments. Suguro had not given any thought to that mob before. But he could not be at all certain that, had he been present, he would not have stoned the man and taken delight in his agony.”

Suguro, the novel’s main character, comes to this thought after a lifetime of being a Christian, and after a climactic shocking episode wherein he discovers the depth of disorder in his heart and will. He finds, that given the right

circumstances, even he, a respected and public Christian, could participate in a grossly scandalous sin – and desire it. From here it is only a small step to the conclusion that had he been present at the Passion of Lynn Smith Christ, he might have joined in causing His suffering and death.

This late coming epiphany is, of course, what the Church teaches from the beginning about the suffering and death of Christ – that it is our own sin which caused it.

I realize my son has asked me one of the most fundamental and difficult questions at the heart of my faith, and that it’s not possible to sum up the answer for him in one neat, satisfactory package. For now I can offer him what I have - a small piece of understanding. It will take his own time to see that the answer to the question, “Why did the soldiers kill Jesus?” is “Why did I?” Lynn Smith is a parishioner at St. Monica Parish and is mother of a three year old boy.

Spirituality

The Spirit, the Water, and the Blood Why does God always seem hidden? Why doesn’t God simply manifest himself (and herself) in a way that’s as indisputably real as is our physical world?

Karl Rahner gives us a hint as to why this is. In a prayer entitled, “A Blessing on Our Ending,” he writes: “[God] we do not ask that your continuing presence should be reflected for us in lofty emotions, for these only reflect ourselves, not you. We can believe without these ...”

What’s he saying? Among other things, that if we felt the reality of God in the exact same way as we feel the reality of our physical world and if we felt God’s love with the same kind of emotions we experience when we fall in love, there’s a good chance, unless we’re already saints, that we would end up focused a lot more on ourselves than on God. There’s also a good chance that we would end up manipulating the experience selfishly and distorting the reality that’s contained within it. God, it seems, has to work in secret for good reasons. Otherwise, we too quickly end up dealing with our own egos rather than with God.

So where does that leave us?

God comes to us and is present in realities that we cannot so easily manipulate, engineer to our benefit, or distort so as to self-determine their meaning. Our faith tradition has various ways of wording this. For example, Karl Rahner, in the conclusion to the prayer just cited, puts it this way: “[God] You are with us; that suffices. Stay with us: this is our plea. Stay with us, in your holy spirit, in the spirit of the fear of God, in the spirit of contrition, humility and chaste fear lest we dishonor the holiness of God by sin, in the spirit of faith and of the love of prayer, in the spirit of courage and of responsibility for your Gospel and for your kingdom in this world and in our time, in the spirit of generosity and magnanimity, in the grace of the love of your holy cross.” (Prayers for a Lifetime, p.162) Scripture, too, has various ways of expressing this, but one cryptic phrase (that I very much like) states that God is present, and testified to, in “the spirit, the water, and the blood.” (1 John 5:8) What’s meant here?

Obviously, these are symbols, the stuff of mysticism and iconography, more than literal, common-sense concepts. As with a lot of other religious language, they attempt to create an imaginative Father construct for something Ron Rolheiser that’s unimaginable and to give words to something that’s ineffable.

And, like all good religious language, these words point to realities beneath common-sense conception. What realities?

“The Spirit,” as defined in Scripture, refers to everything that’s the opposite of jealousy, selfishness, greed, and deceit. As Paul defines it, “the spirit” is “charity, joy, peace, ROLHEISER, page 14

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Datebook

Food & Fun

Feb. 6: Boys Can Sing, Too, a workshop and clinic for young singers at All Saints Parish, 2nd at D St., Hayward. Registration at 8 a.m. with various activities throughout the day and dismissal at 4 p.m.

Boys with unchanged voices in grades 3, 4, 5, 6 encouraged to attend. Call (510) 887-4311 or (415) 431-1137. Sponsored by Golden Gate Boys Choir.

Feb. 6: Acclaimed singer/composer B.J. Thomas performs in concert at Archbishop Riordan High School’s Lindland Theater at 7:30 p.m.. Hear your favorites including "Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song and "I Just Can’t Help Believing." Tickets $30, $40, $50. Benefits Holy Angels Elementary School, Colma. Call (650) 755-0220.

Feb. 7: Crab Dinner Dance sponsored by St. Gabriel Parent Organization from 6 – 11 p.m. with a menu of fresh crab or chicken, pasta, salad, garlic bread and dessert, plus music and dancing. Tickets $35 per person, adults only. No host bar. Reserve by Jan. 30th at (415) 566-0314.

Feb. 24: Catholic Networking Night at St. Dominic’s Church, 2390 Bush St. at Steiner, SF from 7 – 9 p.m.

"Widen your networking circle at this spirit-filled evening," said Connie D’Aura, a founder of the group.

"Job seekers and those currently employed will pick up career tips from our guest speakers." Admission is free. Those attending are asked to bring a snack to share. Reservations are requested. Contact Connie at daura@ccwear.com or (415) 664-8108. Meetings also on March 30 and May 4.

Feb. 28: Tesori d’Italia, Little Children’s Aid Junior Auxiliary Gala honoring former Juniors president, Carolyn Giannini. Silent and live auctions, dinner and dancing. Proceeds benefit Catholic Charities Setting the example are, left, Carlotta Espinoza, 85, and Carolyn Biafore, 86 , who CYO. Contact Connie D’Aura at daura@ccwear.com or Call (415) 592-9243. volunteer with the St. Vincent de Paul Society of San Mateo County. "You’re never Through Feb 7: A digital projection of historic too young or old to care for others," said Loretta Pehanich, who oversees fundraising imagery onto the dome of Mission Dolores Basilica and public relations for the group. "Help us Help Others" is the society’s call, so, if you takes place Mon. through Sat. from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. and Sundays from 1:30 – 4 p.m. The presentation have a hankering to pitch in, call (650) 373-0622. On February 6th, all are invited to a "celebrates history" of the beloved and respected Vincentian Family Evening at Church of the Visitacion, 655 Sunnydale Ave., SF beginlandmark and holy place. Call (415) 621-8203. ning at 6 p.m.

Father George Hazler of the Daughters of Charity Health System will preThe Cathedral Autumn Group welcomes men and women 55 years and older. Call Mercy Sister side at Mass. Simple dinner follows. Cost $10. Call Lorraine Moriarty at (650) 373-0624.

Esther McEgan at (415) 567-2020, ext. 218. Feb. 19: Docent Tour of Grace Cathedral; March 18: Sunday 6 a.m., WB Channel 20/Cable 13 and Sisters and their lay associates carry on the founder’s International Luncheon.

KEST Channel 26/Cable 8: TV Mass with Msgr. "generosity to humankind" rooted in a "spiritual foundation of humility, poverty, obedience, charity and 3rd Wed.: All you can eat Spaghetti Luncheon at Harry Schlitt presiding. apostolic service." Father Montemurro also founded Chapel of the Immaculate Conception, 3255 Folsom 1st Sun, 5 a.m., CBS Channel 5: Mosaic, featurthe Brothers of the Blessed Sacrament who serve up the hill from Cesar Chavez, SF. $7 per person. ing conversations on current Catholic issues. mainly in South America. Anyone wishing information Now celebrating its 49th year. Reservations not 3rd Sun, 6:30 a.m., KRON Channel 4: For Heaven’s may call (650) 342-4780 or mscstcat@pacbell.net. required. Call (415) 824-1762.

Sake, featuring conversations about Catholic spirituality.

3rd Sat.: Handicapables gather for Mass and lunch at St. Mary Cathedral, Gough and Geary St., SF, at noon.

Volunteer drivers always needed. Call (415) 584-5823.

Separated and Divorced support groups meet 3rd 2nd Sat: Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur offer Sat. at 6:30 p.m. at St. Mary’s Cathedral, call Pat at 4th Sat.: Handicapables of Marin meet at noon in the Saturday Morning Prayer 9:30 – 11:30 each 2nd Sat. recreation room of the Maria B. Freitas Senior (415) 492-3331; and 1st and 3rd Wed. at 7:30 p.m. at St. Community adjacent to St. Isabella Church, Terra Linda, of the month at their Province Center, 1520 Ralston Stephen Parish Center, SF, call Gail at (650) 591-8452. for Mass, lunch and entertainment. Call (415) 457-7859. Ave. across from Ralston Hall on their university camCatholic Adult Singles Assoc. of Marin meets pus in Belmont. Additional offerings include the California Handicapables needs volunteers for support and activities. Call Bob at (415) 897Catholic Scholar Series featuring Feb. 22: Notre including drivers, servers, donors, and recruiters of 0639 for information. those who might benefit from the experience. Call Dame Sister Barbara Fiand; March 23: Sulpician Father Richard Gula.

Call (650) 593-2045, ext.

350.

Jane Cunningham at (415) 585-9085.

Feb. 1: Healing Mass and 1st Fri.: Catholic Marin preliminary rites beginning at 3 St. John of God Parish, 5th Ave. at Groups meet at the following parishes. Please call Breakfast Club gathers for Mass p.m. at St. Raphael Church, Irving, SF, hosts A Day of Prayer Feb. 7 from numbers shown for more information. and special presentation. Now 1104 Fifth Ave., San Rafael with 9 a.m. – noon. The morning includes interin its 10th year the morning St. Catherine of Siena, Burlingame. Call Elaine Jesuit Father Robert Faricy, prefaith prayer and song with readings about begins at 7 a.m. in St. Sebastian Yastishock at (650) 344-6884; Our Lady of Angels, siding.

Call (415) 472-1567.

20th century activists and a homily by Church, Bon Air Rd. and Sir Burlingame. Call Louise Nelson at (650) 343-8457 or Franciscan Father Louis Vitale. Light breakFeb. 6: Vincentian Family Francis Drake Blvd., Kentfield.

Barbara Arena at (650) 344-3579. Our Lady of Mt. fast included.

Sponsored by Pax Christi.

Evening with theme of "anointBreakfast and presentation folCarmel, Redwood City. Call (650) 366-3802; Good Contact Jim McDonald at (415) 921-7349 or ed to serve" at Church of the low in parish hall. Reservations Shepherd, Pacifica. Call Sister Carol Fleitz at (650) jtm46@aol.com.

Suggested donation $15.

Visitacion, 655 Sunnydale 355-2593; St. Robert, San Bruno. Call (650) 589required to Sugaremy@aol.com Ave., SF beginning at 6 p.m. 2800. Immaculate Heart of Mary, Belmont. Call Ann or (415) 461-0704 daily.

Father George Hazler of the Daughters of Charity Ponty at (650) 598-0658 or Mary Wagner at (650) Members $7, others $10. Dues $20 per year.

Sundays: Concerts at 4 p. m. at National Shrine Health System will preside at Mass. Simple dinner fol- 591-3850. St. Isabella, San Rafael. Call Pat Sack at (415) 472-5732. Our Lady of Loretto, Novato. Call of St. Francis of Assisi, Vallejo and Columbus, SF. lows. Cost $10. All are welcome. St. Vincent de Paul Sister Jeanette at (415) 897-2171.St. Gabriel, SF. Call (415) 983-0405 or www.shrinesf.org. Open to Society members especially invited to attend. Call Lorraine Moriarty at (650) 373-0624.

Call Barbara Elordi at (415) 564-7882. St. Finn Barr, the public. Admission free.

SF in English and Spanish. Call Carmen Solis at (415) Young adults recite the rosary in chapel of St. Sundays: Concerts at St. Mary Cathedral at 3:30 p.m.

584-0823; St. Cecilia, SF. Call Peggy Abdo at (415) Dominic Church, 2390 Bush St. at Steiner, SF each Gough and Geary Blvd., SF. Call (415) 567-2020 ext.

564-7882 ext. 3; Epiphany, SF in Spanish. Call Wednesday at 7 p.m.

Contact Tony at (415) 387-1654.

213. Concerts are open to the public. Admission free.

Kathryn Keenan at (415) 564-7882.

The Sacro Costato Missionary Sisters now serve Ministry for parents who have lost a child is at St. Catherine of Siena Parish, Burlingame.The congregation’s founder Father Eustachio Montemurro, available from Our Lady of Angels Parish, born in Italy in 1857, was a physician before his late- Burlingame. Call Ina Potter at (650) 347-6971 or Mon – Fri., KEST 1450 AM, 7 p.m.: Catholic Radio Hour features rosary, music and commentary in-life ordination to the priesthood in 1904.The Sacred Barbara Arena at (650) 344-3579.

Side Lay Association was founded in 1993. Today, the with Father Tom Daly.

Vocations/Prayer Opportunities

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Consolation Ministry

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Young Widow/Widower group meets at St. Gregory, San Mateo. Call Barbara Elordi at (415) 564-7882.

Information about children’s and teen groups is available from Barbara Elordi at (415) 564-7882.

Meetings 3rd Sat: Reconnecting With Yourself, a group for survivors of abuse by Catholic Church clergy or personnel, 3 –5 p.m., Epiphany Parish Center, 605 Italy St., between Athens and Naples, SF. Sponsored by the Archdiocese of San Francisco. Contact facilitator, Richard Krafnick, MFT, (415) 351-2463.

Courage, a Catholic support group for persons with same-sex attraction, meets Thursdays at 7:30 p.m.

Call Father Lawrence Goode at (650) 322-2152.

Taize Prayer 3rd Wed. at 7:30 p.m. with the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur in their Province Center Chapel, 1520 Ralston Ave., Belmont across from Ralston on the college campus. Call (650) 593-2045, ext. 350 or www.SistersofNotreDameCa.org.

1st Fri. at 8 p.m. at Mercy Center, 2300 Adeline Dr., Burlingame with Mercy Sister Suzanne Toolan.

Call (650) 340-7452; Church of the Nativity, 210 Oak Grove Ave., Menlo Park at 7:30 p.m. Call Deacon Dominic Peloso at (650) 322-3013.

2nd Fri. at 7:30 p.m. at St. Peter Church, 700 Oddstad Blvd., Pacifica. Call Deacon Peter Solan at (650) 359-6313.

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By David DiCerto Catholic News Service NEW YORK (CNS) — “The Butterfly Effect” (New Line) takes its title from the chaos theory-derived hypothesis that a butterfly fluttering its wings on one side of the globe may inadvertently cause a hurricane on the other side.

A lesser-known corollary to this postulate, known as “The Kutcher Effect,” posits that an overhyped one-time underwear model stroking his ego on one movie set can eventually result in 113 minutes of unrelenting misery and boredom for moviegoers anywhere on earth.

Hollywood star du jour Ashton Kutcher stars as Evan Treborn, a young man suffering since an early age from mysterious blackouts which are precipitated by repressed memories of traumatic childhood events involving him and his close circle of friends: sad-sack Lenny (Elden Henson), boyhood sweetheart Kayleigh (Amy Smart) and her sadistic brother, Tommy (William Lee Scott).

After a disorienting opening flurry, the film rewinds 13 years, introducing young Evan (Logan Lerman) and his mom (Melora Walters), a single parent who is alerted by her son’s second grade teacher to the boy’s “what-I-want-to-bewhen-I-grow-up” drawing which raises red flags of serial-killer tendencies. After undergoing a battery of brain scans, Evan is encouraged by a psychologist to keep a journal detailing his daily activities in an attempt to jog his chronic and increasingly severe memory lapses.

One can hardly blame the kid for trying to forget his disastrous reunion with

his institutionalized father and being forced into performing in a child-porn production by Kayleigh’s and Tommy’s sicko father (Eric Stoltz). The film then leapfrogs ahead six years, to find Evan (played as a teen by John Patrick Amedori) and his dysfunctional crew planting a stick of dynamite in a mailbox — thinking it’s just a firecracker — which explodes off-screen, killing a woman returning home with her newborn. Evan moves away but vows to return someday to rescue Kayleigh.

Flash forward to Ashton-age Evan, all grown up as a brainy, bearded psychology major writing his thesis on memory assimilation. One night, a campus floozy coaxes him into reading excerpts from his diary as foreplay.

Evan discovers that the words on the page trigger psychic powers which allow him to travel back in time to the episodes described in each entry. He decides to look up his old friends.

Returning to his childhood haunts, he finds Lenny a near-autistic recluse, Tommy a full-fledged sociopath, and Kayleigh a wilted lily waiting tables for groping patrons at a local truck stop.

From here, the film launches into its alternate reality mode, as Evan, determined to better his friends’ lots in life, uses his newfound ability to go back in time and attempt to rewrite history. But Evan neglects to brush up on his chaos theory — or at least watch “Back to the Future” — forgetting that anything he changes in the past will have unforeseen ripple effects in the altered present. The story quickly nosedives into a ludicrous series of efforts by Evan to revise reality to happily-ever-after perfection. But each successive try proves more disastrous to the characters and more tedious to the

viewers — who by this point may wish they too suffered from blackouts.

Buried under the story rubble is a cautionary warning about the poisonous repercussions child abuse can have on the psychological and emotional formation of children. Less effective, though more overt, is directors Eric Bress and J. Mackye Gruber’s heavy-handed reproof of the Promethean hubris in trying to play God. Unfortunately, it takes a chaos-theory expert to navigate the narrative’s chaos.

In addition to the laughable, pretentious dialogue and elaborately preposterous plot twists, viewers must also endure stereotyping of religious Christians, foulmouthed rants from the film’s underage cast, gratuitous nudity and animal cruelty, not to mention the raunchy extracurricular activities of Evan’s dorm roommate and his dominatrix girlfriend. Early

on, Evan, quoting a journal entry, reads, “It’s like my mind refuses to believe what it is seeing” — a sentiment shared by most viewers. By the harebrained ending, you realize that, like the unwitting victims on Kutcher’s mischievous “Candid Camera”-esque TV show, you’ve been punk’d!

Due to several sexual encounters, brief full-frontal nudity, implied child pornography, homosexual allusions, sporadic graphic violence, a few instances of drug abuse, recurring rough language, profanity and racial slurs, the USCCB Office for Film & Broadcasting classification is O — morally offensive. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is R — restricted.

DiCerto is on the staff of the Office for Film & Broadcasting of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.

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When: Friday, February 6, 2004 8:00 a.m. Registration Opens 8:30 a.m. Workshop Commences Various Activities During the Day 1:00 p.m. Organ and Brass Concert in the Church 3:00 p.m. Final Concert in the Church 4:00 p.m. Dismissal Who:

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Boys Can Sing, Too! provides a supportive and challenging opportunity for boys to learn about and enjoy using their voices. Workshop leader, Mr. William R. Adams, is founder/director of the Fort Bend, Texas, Boy Choir. Event organizer, Steven J. Meyer, is founder/director of the Golden Gate Boys Choir. Boys from both choirs, and from All Saints School (Hayward), will mentor and lead the day’s events, who which will culminate in a concert at 3:00 p.m.in All Saints Catholic Church, Hayward.

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■ Continued from page 3 and Christians are watching two entirely different films. For two hours, Christians watch their Savior tortured and killed.

For the same two hours, Jews watch Jews arrange the killing and torture of the Christians’ Savior.”

Although I cannot offer a judgment about a film I have not yet seen, I am pleased to learn that the U.S. Bishops’ Publications Office is going to republish “Criteria for the Evaluation of Dramatizations of the Passion,” a 1988 document of the Bishops’ Committee for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs. This new publication, entitled The Bible, the Jews and the Death of Jesus, will be a collection of documentation from several sources: Council documents, Papal statements, and information (like the “Criteria”) previously published by the U.S. Bishops’ Conference on Jewish-Catholic relations. It should be helpful in the coming discussion about whether the film successfully avoids the potential for antiSemitism feared by members of the Jewish community.

What I ought to do as a Catholic bishop, it seems to me, is to remind all of us in the Church about how Catholics should view the controversial topic of Jewish responsibility for the passion and death of Jesus. Jews throughout the world speak with gratitude of the groundbreaking declaration made by the Catholic bishops of the world at the Second Vatican Council, in its decree Nostra aetate on non-Christian religions. In paragraph 4 of that decree, the Council addressed the spiritual heritage and ties that bind Jews and Christians together. Nor can we Catholics forget the dramatic example of our Holy Father, Pope John Paul II, who was the first pope since St. Peter to visit a synagogue in Rome, and who placed his plea for forgiveness for acts of anti-Semitic behavior by Christians in a niche in the Western Wall in Jerusalem on his visit during the Great Jubilee of the Year 2000.

Rolheiser . . .

■ Continued from page 11 patience, goodness, long-suffering, fidelity, gentleness and chastity.” These realities make God present and testify to the existence of God in a way that few other things do. By their very nature, too, they’re realities that take us outside of ourselves and cannot be programmed for our own advantage.

What is “the water?” Biblically, it’s an expression for sacrament, for the way God’s ineffable presence can be given to us through certain concrete symbols: a water-bath, a sharing of bread and wine, an anointing with oil, a laying on of hands. It speaks of mystery, namely, that God is always beyond us,

In my remarks at the ADL luncheon, I read two paragraphs on the “trial” of Christ contained in the Catechism of the Catholic Church, the official, authentic teaching of the Catholic faith. I assured my dialogue partners that I would remind the readers of my column of this teaching before the film is released.

Paragraph 597: “The historical complexity of Jesus’ trial is apparent in the Gospel accounts. The personal sin of the participants (Judas, the Sanhedrin, Pilate) is known to God alone.

Hence we cannot lay responsibility for the trial on the Jews in Jerusalem as a whole, despite the outcry of a manipulated crowd and the global reproaches contained in the apostles’ calls to conversion after Pentecost. Jesus himself, in forgiving them on the cross, and Peter in following suit, both accept ‘the ignorance’ of the Jews of Jerusalem and even of their leaders.

Still less can we extend responsibility to other Jews of different times and places, based merely on the crowd’s cry: ‘His blood be on us and on our children!’ a formula for ratifying a judicial sentence. As the Church declared at the Second Vatican Council: ‘…Neither all Jews indiscriminately at that time, nor Jews today, can be charged with the crimes committed during his Passion… The Jews should not be spoken of as rejected or accursed as if this followed from Holy Scripture’.”

Paragraph 598: “In her Magisterial teaching of the faith and in the witness of her saints, the Church has never forgotten that ‘sinners were the authors and the ministers of all the sufferings that the divine Redeemer endured’ [from the Roman Catechism, published in 1566]. Taking into account the fact that our sins affect Christ himself, the Church does not hesitate to impute to Christians the gravest responsibility for the torments inflicted upon Jesus, a responsibility with which they have all too often burdened the Jews alone [the following quote again from the Roman Catechism]: ‘We must regard as guilty all those who continue to relapse into their sins. Since our sins made the Lord Christ suffer the torment of the cross, those who plunge themselves into

disorders and crimes crucify the Son of God anew in their hearts (for he is in them) and hold him up to contempt. And it can be seen that our crime in this case is greater in us than in the Jews. As for them, according to the witness of the Apostle, “None of the rulers of this age understood this; for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory” [1 Cor 2:8].

We, however, profess to know him. And when we deny him by our deeds, we in some way seem to lay violent hands on him.’

What is particularly interesting about the quotations in paragraph 598 is that they come from the official teaching of the Church, the Roman Catechism, commissioned by the Counter-Reformation Council of Trent. This catechism served as the standard for catechetical materials (like the Baltimore Catechism here in the United States) for some 400 years. I reviewed the whole chapter of the Roman Catechism in connection with my visit to the ADL; there is no basis there for the false interpretations of Scripture that some Christians sadly have made to impute responsibility for the passion and death of Christ to the Jewish people, thus fostering anti-Semitic sentiments.

Last week I went to see “The Last Samurai.” Already among the previews of coming attractions was Mel Gibson’s “The Passion of the Christ.” It is, as advertised, graphic and violent. When I go to see it, I hope it will be a spiritual experience. At the same time, I will try to see it through the eyes of my Jewish brothers and sisters as well.

I hope that if they go to see the movie, they may try to see it through Christian eyes as well. And I hope that they will know that there are Christians committed to stand in solidarity with them against any resurgence of antiSemitism in our own country or abroad.

unimaginable in existence and presence, and yet so near that this presence is so overwhelming, simple, and direct that it’s best grasped and related to through certain concrete physical things which, because they function symbolically, conceal and respect God’s existence and presence even as they reveal it.

Jesus did that during his time on earth. He was, and remains, the primary sacrament of God. But sacred symbols, of all kinds, also do that. They point beyond their own reality to something deeper, God’s existence and mysterious presence.

And finally, there’s “the blood.” This refers to self-sacrifice, the giving away of one’s life for others to the point of giving one’s own blood, and the carrying of tension (to the point of sweating blood) rather than violating or disrespecting the deep contours of life. Jesus’ giving of his own life for others, so aptly

symbolized by his sweating and shedding his blood, is the prime example of this. True altruism powerfully testifies to the existence of God and makes that reality present. As well, like “the spirit” and “the water,” altruism, “the blood,” is something that takes us out of ourselves, away from ego, self-interest, and manipulation. That’s why God can be present within it.

Therese of Lisieux once said: “I think we have to be very careful not to seek ourselves; for we can get a broken heart that way.” That’s the perennial danger, both in love and religion. “The spirit,” “the water,” and “the blood” testify to a route beyond that danger.

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January 30, 2004

In Remembrance of the Faithful Departed Interred In Our Catholic Cemeteries During the Month of December HOLY CROSS COLMA John M. Agius Florencia T. Andalis Martha L. Andersen Mary E. Arguello Leonel Antonio Argumedo, Jr. Richard S. Azzolino Lucille M. Barrett Armando S. Batista Crispulo V. Bautista Rosalina G. Baysac Anna Beban Joseph Beltran, Jr. Robert M. Bertolani Remo Paul Boasso Philip Born Diane Contreras Bouttie Mary T. Brighi Mary Jane Carmody John C. Castillo Rosalia Cattolica Wingkin Cheung Angeline C. Chevalier Alfred Ciraldo Bridgette Florie Dillon Clement Gloria Corrao Jack Cox Ellen E. Cummins Mabel Egan Cummins Lilly Da San Martino Sarah R. Dabbene Concetta K. Dalecio Helen D. Dawson Jose M. De La Pena John B. Deasy Henrietta Del Buono Aldo Del Prete Betty L. DeTomasi Alice I. Diez James M. Dillon John L. Dillon Mary J. DiPietro Daniel Francis Doherty Timothy Michael Doherty Rose Donnelly Sr. Frances Mary Donohoe S.N.D. Doris E. Driscoll Eugene F. Driscoll Richard F. Duca Sybilla M. Elrod Rafaela A. "Payita" Estrada Marianne Etcheverry James P. Falletti Lillian C. Fambrini

Richard C. Fambrini Juan N. Fandinola Frances M. Finigan Mary Huvane Flaherty Maria Teresa Flores Maria Michel Flores Napoleon U. Flores, Sr. Denise Ferrari Fontana Paul B. Foster John G. Fowlie Gloria M. Franco Edward J. Fritz Walter F. Fulmer Mary Eleanor Gaffney Anthony A. Garavaglia Fred Mario Garibaldi Mark Anthony Gaynor Enso P. Giannini Elizabeth Amadei Giuliacci Katherine A. Gould Norma Carbonell Grego Cirilo Gutierrez Constance D. Halsing Anna Hanssen Christopher Francis Hashagen Lena M. Hickey Clifton C. Houston Myra L. Howard Neil Hudson Diana S. Ignacio Stella M. John Mary Coyne Kane Irma M. Keeffe Cora M. Keegan John F. (Jack) Kerrigan William Kessel Robert E. King Judy A. King George W. Klein II Josephine Kleyn Henry K. Edward Kniolek Jules Louis Krentz Gustavo A. LaCunza Edward J. Laine Douglas L. Lalanne Angelo J. Lami Robert Antone Lapachet Esterina Liberatore Lauren Claire Lim Melvin A. Lindner Irma B. Los Jose Efren Lozano Vera B. Ludwig Hazel H. Lundberg Emilia F. Luty Hieu Thi Luu Lassie P. Madden Fortunata P. Madlonito

Bernardo D. Maerina, Jr. Gina Magnani Frances Pascual Martin Maxima C. Martinez Josephine C. Martinez Frederick A. Matzen Elizabeth (Betty) McClure Ian Hale McGrew Raymond A. McWalters Renato E. Mei Teresa Melody Anastacio Meza Elva Micor Tony D. Miguel Josephine Isabel Milan Elsie B. Montedonico Jillian L. Mullen Julia P. Murphy Joseph (Louie) Muzio Khanh Thi Nguyen Josephine Louise Novak Martha H. Novoa Arcadio E. Nunez Anita M. O'Donnell Armando Ocon, Sr. Alfred B. Ofalsa Florence E. Oliver Roy J. Olivier John Charles Ortega Geraldine M. Osborne Carmen Rita Otero Jonathan Ross Arcilla Paculba Hugo Paoli Alice E. Paris Maura Perez-Cornejo Margaret Crowley Phelan Visitacion A. Placido Raymond Jorge Quintana Bernice Rose Reveler Maria Santos Reyes Lydia M. Rivera Teofila E. Rodis Josephine T. Romani Eleanor Mary Roper William P. Rosa William P. Rosa Dorothy E. Rosemon Hermila M. Ruiz Sylvia J. Rusconi Frank Rust Pierina A. Ryan Steve A. San Filippo Erma C. Sanders Anna M. Sanguinetti Julia M. Santina Louis Sarres Lorraine M. Saulpaugh Eduardo Danga Sison

Kathryn M. Solari Minna Solorzana Bernabe M. Soriano Soledad O. Soriano Florence A. Spagna Lourdes P. Sterling Bernice Sullivan Saverio "Sal" Sulpizio Audrey Ann Sweeney Titako Takapu Florence (Flo) Tassano Jessie E. Terenzoni June A. Tiernan Emily B. Tierney Sergio D. Torres, Jr. John Anthony Vallerga Inez M. Velestino Feliciano T. Ventura Josephine Venturini Dorothea M. Waldhaus Gus E. Wendt Florence M. Williams Maria Wolf Guillermo Wong Andrea Nicole Wong Marilyn D. Woodruff

HOLY CROSS MENLO PARK Joel Ramon Arreola Dylan Cardenas Calderon Rafael "Fay" Gonzalez Bette Rud Krost Julia R. Lyons Edgar Silvia Presiliana Torres de Vidrio Mikhail P. Viksne

MT. OLIVET SAN RAFAEL Francis E. Allison Sr. Helen M. Benz Edward L. Buckley Adolfo G. Castellon Sr. Edward F. Gormley Jr. Jim Grahame James F. Kirchner Marie Louise Kroeger William F. Mooney Norbert A. Tracy Barbara A. Womack

HOLY CROSS CATHOLIC CEMETERY, COLMA 1st Saturday Mass Saturday, February 7 2004 – All Saints Mausoleum Chapel – 11:00 a.m.

Rev. Charles Puthota, Celebrant, Holy Name of Jesus Parish th

Retreat for Those Grieving Transforming Grief A Spiritual Journey Dedicated to those who have Suffered the Loss of a Loved One Our Lady of Mercy, Daly City – Saturday, February 21st, 2004 – 9:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Finding the strength to recover from the loss of a loved one can be very difficult. Prayer and rituals can be powerful tools to tranform your pain into peace. Presenters will be Barbara Elordi, Grief Car Coordinator of the Archdiocese of San Francisco and Ministers of Consolation from Our Lady of Mercy. The Eucharistic Liturgy will be part of the journey.

The Catholic Cemeteries Archdiocese of San Francisco Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery 1500 Mission Road, Colma, CA 94014 650-756-2060

Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery Intersection of Santa Cruz Avenue, Menlo Park, CA 94025 650-323-6375

Mt. Olivet Catholic Cemetery 270 Los Ranchitos Road, San Rafael, CA 94903 415-479-9020

A Tradition of Faith Throughout Our Lives.

January 30, 2004

Archbishop’s Annual Appeal

LIVING THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE LIFE . . . MORE ABUNDANTLY JOHN 10:10

CHURCH ARCHDIOCESE OF SAN FRANCISCO A R C H B I S H O P ’ S A N N UA L A P P E A L 2 0 0 4

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How the Fun Pastoral Ministry/Services

$1,706,450

Office of Worship The Office of Worship provides the Archbishop, parishes, and other diocesan agencies with a variety of liturgical resources and services in an effort to foster competent and worthy celebration of the Roman Rite to the glory of God and the salvation of the faithful. ● Provides classes and workshops throughout the Archdiocese for programs such as Eucharistic Minister training (3 workshops a year in each of the 3 counties), training of music ministers, instruction on changes to the general missal (when to kneel, stand, etc.). ● Assists parishes in placement of qualified liturgical personnel. ● Plans special liturgies throughout the year for major celebrations, ordinations, consults on liturgical environments, etc.

Office of Evangelization The Office of Evangelization seeks to assist the people of God to encounter Jesus Christ in such a way that they will be empowered to proclaim the Good News by word and action. ● Staff of three part-time employees provides support for all parish evangelization contacts throughout the Archdiocese. ● Offers monthly meetings for parish evangelization contacts. ● Responsible for training leaders in evangelization. ● Trains leaders in small Christian communities, and holds regular meetings for Spanish and English speaking parish coordinators of small Christian communities. ● Supports two major yearly events, such as workshops and retreat days.

Office of Ethnic Ministries The Office of Ethnic Ministry celebrates the rich diversity of cultures, languages, and races throughout this Archdiocese through its sponsorship of various program and gatherings geared toward intercultural education, dialogue, communication and understanding. ● Staff of five full-time, and three part-time employees provide support for 22 different ethnic communities - including Hispanic, Filipino, Chinese, and African-American. ● In the process of developing a ethnic resource book for parishes, schools, and archdiocesan offices. ● Sponsors archdiocesan multicultural celebrations. ● Collaborates with other offices in developing the multicultural component of programs.

Office of Marriage and Family Life The Office of Marriage and Family Life provides education and formation programs to help strengthen the faith-life of families throughout the Archdiocese. ● Staff of two supports entire Archdiocese by providing specific programs and classes for married couples – i.e. provides education and implementation of Marriage Preparation policy within each parish and Natural Family Planning (NFP) training. ● Sponsors Lead Couple enrichment programs to help foster communities of married couples within individual parishes. ● Provides support for six groups of separated/divorced/widowed Catholics. ● Provides training and evaluation of FOCUS Inventory (a marriage compatibility survey) that is given to couples preparing for marriage – 1,500 per year in the Archdiocese have used this inventory. ● Manages website that receives over 100,000 hits per year from parishioners.

School of Pastoral Leadership The School of Pastoral Leadership provides quality theological and pastoral formation for lay people in order to assist them in living out their Catholic Faith and to equip them to fully participate in the mission of the Church to “. . . make disciples of all the world” (Mt 28:19). ● Provides classes in both English and Spanish. Over 5,000 students have been served through classes that help to expand their knowledge of the Catholic faith. ● Encourages all graduates to integrate into parish life and to serve the Church through parish councils, liturgical ministry, Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults (RCIA) programs, prison ministry, elderly care, Confraternity of Christian Doctrine (CCD), adult faith formation teams, social justice and evangelization. ● Sponsors program of formation for the Permanent Diaconate which includes participation by the deacon candidates and their spouses in the Core Curriculum courses, and the two-year Catholic Bible Study Program.

Department of the Metropolitan Tribunal & Canonical Affairs The Tribunal serves as a resource to the Catholic community within the Archdiocese for maintaining and upholding the universal law of the Church. ● Serves to assist individuals seeking to reconcile with the Church. ● Evaluates the status of an individual’s marriage as the Catholic Church understands that bond. ● Protects the rights of the faithful regarding individual rights, protection of one’s reputation, and obligations of the faithful. ● Protects and safeguards the rights of Catholics by adhering to the universal law of the Church. ● Serves as a resource to the Archbishop of San Francisco as he governs the Archdiocese

Parish/School Support/Services [*]

$1,332,000

[*]Most of the money in this category is spent for the subsidies provided by the Archdiocese to specific parishes and schools, the expenses of the Council of Priests, real estate management services provided by the Archdiocese to the parishes and schools, and a portion of Administrative Services provided to all the ministries and programs (office space, equipment, phones, fax, computers, etc).

Office of Human Resources The Office of Human Resources created in 1996 to support the Archdiocesan Pastoral Plan, strives to ensure archdiocesan personnel policies, programs, and practices are well understood by all, are embraced and exemplified by the organization's leaders, and display the appropriate degree of consistency throughout the Archdiocese. ● A staff of five supports over 4,500 active and retired employees (including clergy, lay and religious workers). ● Its principal responsibilities include Recruitment & Employment; Employee Benefits Planning & Administration; Training & Development; Salary Policy Guidelines & Administration; Employee Relations; and Performance Management. ● Acts to protect the interests of those serving the Archdiocese by ensuring that all personnel policies and programs comply with applicable federal, state and local laws.

Office of Development The Office of Development, in addition to managing the fundraising effort of the Archdiocese, assists parishes, schools, and other Catholic agencies in stewardship programs, capital campaigns, and the development of planned giving. ● Staff of three manages database of 22,700 active donors, the Archbishop’s Annual Appeal and the Education Endowment Campaign. ● Provide stewardship programs that assist parishes in raising their offertory collections by 15% to 25%. ● Support parish/school capital campaigns. ● Annually provide an average of 10 to 12 planned giving seminars in parishes throughout the Archdiocese.

Communications, Public Affairs and Wider Church

$1,431,400

Office of Communications The Office of Communications seeks to meet the communication needs of the local Church and assists the Archbishop in addressing issues and current events of concern to the Catholic community. In addition to Archdiocesan communications, counsel and support, the Office handles all media relations and public relations. Its income producing activities— which include newspaper and directory advertising, publications sales, direct contributions and other sources of revenue—fund approximately one half of its total expenses. ● Catholic San Francisco (mailed weekly to 95,000 households). ● El Heraldo Católico (distributed monthly to parishes in the Archdiocese). ● TV: "Mass with Monsignor Harry Schlitt" / "Mosaic" (weekly). ● Radio: "Catholic Radio Hour" (daily) / "Bienvenidos a Casa" (Saturday mornings). ● Newsletters: TV Mass newsletter / Catholic Radio Hour newsletter. ● Internet websites, www.sfarchdiocese.org and www.catholic-sf.org .

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nds are Used Communications, Public Affairs and Wider Church (continued) Office of Communications (continued) ● ● ●

Official Directory of the Archdiocese of San Francisco.

Daily News Summary for pastor and parish staff.

Archfax for pastor and parish staff.

Office of Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs The Office of Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs represents the Archbishop and the community of the Archdiocese of San Francisco in our relationships with other Christian, and non-Christian spiritual communities. ● 15 members of the Archdiocesan ecumenical commission representing clergy, religious and the laity. ● Approximately 70 participating faith groups ● Within Christian church – Protestants, Episcopal, Evangelicals; outside Christianity – interreligious – Jewish, Muslim, Buddhist, Hindu, Sikh. ● Boundaries of the office’s influence go well beyond Archdiocese – regional in California, Nevada, Utah and Hawaii; national in Washington D.C.; and international in Rome.

Public Policy & Social Concerns The Office of Public Policy & Social Concerns is rooted in the Gospels and the social teachings of the Roman Catholic Church. The goal is to embody the teachings found within the parable of the Good Samaritan by seeing injustice as a personal call to action, and making a commitment to relieving the needs of the suffering person. ● Provides education and advocacy on behalf of the unborn, the poor, the elderly, the imprisoned, the homeless, the disabled, and the marginalized in our society and throughout the world. ● Conducts programs - Justice and Peace and Catholic Campaign for Human Development (4,500 served with 72,000 receiving education advocacy outreach); Respect Life (9,700 directly contacted with 70,000 receiving education advocacy outreach); and Detention Ministry Program (21,000 served). ● Representation with government officials, civic leaders, labor and community (3,200 direct contact).

Clergy Formation, Support and Retirement

$1,164,300

Vicar for the Clergy The Office of the Vicar for the Clergy’s mission is the sacramental work of reaching out to people in the parishes. Includes the installation of pastors, meeting and working with the priests and chairman of the personnel board. ● The Archbishop’s Annual Appeal supports each priest of the Archdiocese including his vocation discernment, formation, seminary training, annual education, sabbaticals, retreats and retirement. The Vicar for the Religious, the Permanent Diaconate and hospital chaplain programs are also under the Vicar of Clergy. ● The department includes all necessary support staff to sustain services. ● Speakers, days of recollection and more help for the priests are vital programs also supported by AAA.

Office of Vocations Pastoral care through vocations awareness and education ● To develop and conduct programs for use throughout the Archdiocese. Special emphasis is placed on the establishment of a Parish Vocation committee in every parish. ● Pastoral care identification and referral of potential candidates for diocesan priesthood and religious life. ● To administer a resource center with a variety of tools to help those in pastoral ministry to promote vocations. ● Pastoral care in the formation of candidates for diocesan priesthood collaborating with seminaries, college and theology seminary faculties.

Office of The Vicar For Religious The Office of the Vicar for Religious serves as a liaison between the Archbishop and Consecrated persons of both sexes of the Archdiocese, and between Consecrated persons and the clergy and the faithful. ● Provides information to and consulting with the Archbishop and the religious; represents the Archbishop at meetings or functions. ● Facilitates the communication of information from Rome to Consecrated Persons within the Archdiocese. ● Visits religious houses; officiates at some congregation elections; provides guidance to and evaluations of new religious communities; handles complaints about or from Consecrated persons. ● Arranges Indults & Dispensations with Rome as needed.

Office of Permanent Diaconate To support the ministry and lives of the deacons and their wives who serve the Archdiocese of San Francisco. ● Addresses concerns relating to ministry assignments and on-going education of deacons giving attention to spiritual, financial and health concerns of deacons & their families. ● Coordinates deacon assignments, arranges annual retreats and social events. ● Supports 15 parishes in San Francisco where 20 deacons are assigned / 22 parishes in San Mateo where 34 deacons are assigned and 8 parishes in Marin where 12 deacons are assigned.

Office of Permanent Diaconate Formation To oversee the formation of current candidates for ordination to diaconate. ● Conducts Diaconate Formation Program ● Screening, admission and formation of candidates for the five-year program.

Youth and Education

$509,000

Office of Religious Education & Youth Ministry The Office of Religious Education and Youth Ministry, called and challenged to be disciples of Christ by living the Gospel, seeks to nurture the life-long faith formation of all people by animating leaders in a holistic approach to their ministry. ● Provides Catechist and Youth Ministry formation and enrichment guidance and basic and master catechist certification. ● Provides leadership formation, adult faith formation and youth leadership training. ● Provides Sacramental preparation and Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults (RCIA) training. ● Provides classes for special needs individuals for sacraments and religious education.

Office of Young Adult Ministry The Office of Young Adult Ministry envisions, creates and advocates for opportunities for Catholics in their 20s and 30s to become full and active members in the Church community. Since 1998, the ministry to YA’s has increased 800%. ● Assist’s parishes in fully understanding and integrating YA’s into their faith communities. ● The two-person staff works with over 150 volunteers each year to put on a YA conference (Fall Fest), a Theology on Tap program, training sessions for ministers and staff, as well as pilgrimage to World Youth Day – the international gathering of YA’s with the Holy Father. ● Communication, through the www.sfyam.org website, email, and newsletters reaches over 2,500 YA’s.

Department of Catholic Schools The Department of Catholic Schools serves schools in the Archdiocese by providing excellent educational programs that prepare students for a truly Christian life. ● Staff of nine (Superintendent of Schools, five administrative staff, three support staff) full time employees to support pastors, administrators, teachers and families regarding policies and programs for religious and general education in elementary and secondary schools. ● Provides support for 67 elementary schools that enroll 19,248 students in kindergarten through Eighth grade; 14 high schools in the Archdiocese that enroll 8,368 students; and more than 2,000 full-time and part-time teachers, administrators, counselors, librarians, and support personnel. ● Cost per student at public schools in California is approximately $7,000, Catholic School is $5,055 (elementary school).

Total: $6,143,150

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Income for the Archdiocese of San Francisco . . .

SOURCES OF INCOME All contributions to the AAA 2004 campaign are “restricted funds”. Therefore, by law, they must be used solely for the ministries and programs indicated.

This year, the total budget of the Archdiocese is over $10 million and the projected expenditure for the ministries and services that benefit Catholics and others in San Francisco, Marin, and San Mateo counties is over $6.1 million. The total required of all parishes for the Archbishop’s Annual Appeal 2004 is $5.2 million. This means the Archbishop’s Annual Appeal provides over half the total budget and most of the money spent for ministries and programs. The remainder of the budget is funded by bequests, rents, investments, and special gifts.

. . . Where the Archbishop’s Annual Appeal money goes MINISTRIES & PROGRAMS SUPPORTED

Pastoral Ministries / Services:

$1,706,450

Office of Worship, Evangelization, Ethnic Ministries, Marriage and Family Life, School of Pastoral Leadership, ACCW, Tribunal, Vicar for Spanish speaking, Hospital Chaplains, and Archives.

Parish / School Support / Services:

$1,332,000

Parish and school subsidies, the Council of Priests, Human Resources, Real Estate, a portion of Administrative Services and Development

Communications, Public Affairs and Wider Church:

$1,431,400

Information Office, Catholic San Francisco/El Heraldo Católico, TV Mass and Radio Hour, USCCB, California Catholic Conference, Ecumenical and Inter-religious programs, Detention Ministry, Justice & Peace, Respect Life.

Clergy Formation, Support and Retirement:

$1,164,300

Vicar for Clergy, Vocations, Permanent Diaconate, priests continuing education, Priests Retirement Fund, and Serra Clergy House.

Youth and Education:

$509,000

Religious Education, Youth Ministry, Young Adult Ministry, Elementary Family Grants, Teacher Incentive Grants, Inner City Elementary schools.

TOTAL SERVICES & MINISTRIES:

$6,143,150

The remainder of the Archdiocese’s budget also benefits parishes and schools by providing servies such as legal assistance, finance, payroll, and property management.

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LIVING THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE LIFE . . . MORE ABUNDANTLY JOHN 10:10

CHURCH ARCHDIOCESE OF SAN FRANCISCO A R C H B I S H O P ’ S A N N UA L A P P E A L 2 0 0 4

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2A

Archbishop’s Annual Appeal

January 30, 2004

How the Fun Pastoral Ministry/Services

$1,706,450

Office of Worship The Office of Worship provides the Archbishop, parishes, and other diocesan agencies with a variety of liturgical resources and services in an effort to foster competent and worthy celebration of the Roman Rite to the glory of God and the salvation of the faithful. ● Provides classes and workshops throughout the Archdiocese for programs such as Eucharistic Minister training (3 workshops a year in each of the 3 counties), training of music ministers, instruction on changes to the general missal (when to kneel, stand, etc.). ● Assists parishes in placement of qualified liturgical personnel. ● Plans special liturgies throughout the year for major celebrations, ordinations, consults on liturgical environments, etc.

Office of Evangelization The Office of Evangelization seeks to assist the people of God to encounter Jesus Christ in such a way that they will be empowered to proclaim the Good News by word and action. ● Staff of three part-time employees provides support for all parish evangelization contacts throughout the Archdiocese. ● Offers monthly meetings for parish evangelization contacts. ● Responsible for training leaders in evangelization. ● Trains leaders in small Christian communities, and holds regular meetings for Spanish and English speaking parish coordinators of small Christian communities. ● Supports two major yearly events, such as workshops and retreat days.

Office of Ethnic Ministries The Office of Ethnic Ministry celebrates the rich diversity of cultures, languages, and races throughout this Archdiocese through its sponsorship of various program and gatherings geared toward intercultural education, dialogue, communication and understanding. ● Staff of five full-time, and three part-time employees provide support for 22 different ethnic communities - including Hispanic, Filipino, Chinese, and African-American. ● In the process of developing a ethnic resource book for parishes, schools, and archdiocesan offices. ● Sponsors archdiocesan multicultural celebrations. ● Collaborates with other offices in developing the multicultural component of programs.

Office of Marriage and Family Life The Office of Marriage and Family Life provides education and formation programs to help strengthen the faith-life of families throughout the Archdiocese. ● Staff of two supports entire Archdiocese by providing specific programs and classes for married couples – i.e. provides education and implementation of Marriage Preparation policy within each parish and Natural Family Planning (NFP) training. ● Sponsors Lead Couple enrichment programs to help foster communities of married couples within individual parishes. ● Provides support for six groups of separated/divorced/widowed Catholics. ● Provides training and evaluation of FOCUS Inventory (a marriage compatibility survey) that is given to couples preparing for marriage – 1,500 per year in the Archdiocese have used this inventory. ● Manages website that receives over 100,000 hits per year from parishioners.

School of Pastoral Leadership The School of Pastoral Leadership provides quality theological and pastoral formation for lay people in order to assist them in living out their Catholic Faith and to equip them to fully participate in the mission of the Church to “. . . make disciples of all the world” (Mt 28:19). ● Provides classes in both English and Spanish. Over 5,000 students have been served through classes that help to expand their knowledge of the Catholic faith. ● Encourages all graduates to integrate into parish life and to serve the Church through parish councils, liturgical ministry, Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults (RCIA) programs, prison ministry, elderly care, Confraternity of Christian Doctrine (CCD), adult faith formation teams, social justice and evangelization. ● Sponsors program of formation for the Permanent Diaconate which includes participation by the deacon candidates and their spouses in the Core Curriculum courses, and the two-year Catholic Bible Study Program.

Department of the Metropolitan Tribunal & Canonical Affairs The Tribunal serves as a resource to the Catholic community within the Archdiocese for maintaining and upholding the universal law of the Church. ● Serves to assist individuals seeking to reconcile with the Church. ● Evaluates the status of an individual’s marriage as the Catholic Church understands that bond. ● Protects the rights of the faithful regarding individual rights, protection of one’s reputation, and obligations of the faithful. ● Protects and safeguards the rights of Catholics by adhering to the universal law of the Church. ● Serves as a resource to the Archbishop of San Francisco as he governs the Archdiocese

Parish/School Support/Services [*]

$1,332,000

[*]Most of the money in this category is spent for the subsidies provided by the Archdiocese to specific parishes and schools, the expenses of the Council of Priests, real estate management services provided by the Archdiocese to the parishes and schools, and a portion of Administrative Services provided to all the ministries and programs (office space, equipment, phones, fax, computers, etc).

Office of Human Resources The Office of Human Resources created in 1996 to support the Archdiocesan Pastoral Plan, strives to ensure archdiocesan personnel policies, programs, and practices are well understood by all, are embraced and exemplified by the organization's leaders, and display the appropriate degree of consistency throughout the Archdiocese. ● A staff of five supports over 4,500 active and retired employees (including clergy, lay and religious workers). ● Its principal responsibilities include Recruitment & Employment; Employee Benefits Planning & Administration; Training & Development; Salary Policy Guidelines & Administration; Employee Relations; and Performance Management. ● Acts to protect the interests of those serving the Archdiocese by ensuring that all personnel policies and programs comply with applicable federal, state and local laws.

Office of Development The Office of Development, in addition to managing the fundraising effort of the Archdiocese, assists parishes, schools, and other Catholic agencies in stewardship programs, capital campaigns, and the development of planned giving. ● Staff of three manages database of 22,700 active donors, the Archbishop’s Annual Appeal and the Education Endowment Campaign. ● Provide stewardship programs that assist parishes in raising their offertory collections by 15% to 25%. ● Support parish/school capital campaigns. ● Annually provide an average of 10 to 12 planned giving seminars in parishes throughout the Archdiocese.

Communications, Public Affairs and Wider Church

$1,431,400

Office of Communications The Office of Communications seeks to meet the communication needs of the local Church and assists the Archbishop in addressing issues and current events of concern to the Catholic community. In addition to Archdiocesan communications, counsel and support, the Office handles all media relations and public relations. Its income producing activities— which include newspaper and directory advertising, publications sales, direct contributions and other sources of revenue—fund approximately one half of its total expenses. ● Catholic San Francisco (mailed weekly to 95,000 households). ● El Heraldo Católico (distributed monthly to parishes in the Archdiocese). ● TV: "Mass with Monsignor Harry Schlitt" / "Mosaic" (weekly). ● Radio: "Catholic Radio Hour" (daily) / "Bienvenidos a Casa" (Saturday mornings). ● Newsletters: TV Mass newsletter / Catholic Radio Hour newsletter. ● Internet websites, www.sfarchdiocese.org and www.catholic-sf.org .

January 30, 2004

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nds are Used Communications, Public Affairs and Wider Church (continued) Office of Communications (continued) ● ● ●

Official Directory of the Archdiocese of San Francisco.

Daily News Summary for pastor and parish staff.

Archfax for pastor and parish staff.

Office of Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs The Office of Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs represents the Archbishop and the community of the Archdiocese of San Francisco in our relationships with other Christian, and non-Christian spiritual communities. ● 15 members of the Archdiocesan ecumenical commission representing clergy, religious and the laity. ● Approximately 70 participating faith groups ● Within Christian church – Protestants, Episcopal, Evangelicals; outside Christianity – interreligious – Jewish, Muslim, Buddhist, Hindu, Sikh. ● Boundaries of the office’s influence go well beyond Archdiocese – regional in California, Nevada, Utah and Hawaii; national in Washington D.C.; and international in Rome.

Public Policy & Social Concerns The Office of Public Policy & Social Concerns is rooted in the Gospels and the social teachings of the Roman Catholic Church. The goal is to embody the teachings found within the parable of the Good Samaritan by seeing injustice as a personal call to action, and making a commitment to relieving the needs of the suffering person. ● Provides education and advocacy on behalf of the unborn, the poor, the elderly, the imprisoned, the homeless, the disabled, and the marginalized in our society and throughout the world. ● Conducts programs - Justice and Peace and Catholic Campaign for Human Development (4,500 served with 72,000 receiving education advocacy outreach); Respect Life (9,700 directly contacted with 70,000 receiving education advocacy outreach); and Detention Ministry Program (21,000 served). ● Representation with government officials, civic leaders, labor and community (3,200 direct contact).

Clergy Formation, Support and Retirement

$1,164,300

Vicar for the Clergy The Office of the Vicar for the Clergy’s mission is the sacramental work of reaching out to people in the parishes. Includes the installation of pastors, meeting and working with the priests and chairman of the personnel board. ● The Archbishop’s Annual Appeal supports each priest of the Archdiocese including his vocation discernment, formation, seminary training, annual education, sabbaticals, retreats and retirement. The Vicar for the Religious, the Permanent Diaconate and hospital chaplain programs are also under the Vicar of Clergy. ● The department includes all necessary support staff to sustain services. ● Speakers, days of recollection and more help for the priests are vital programs also supported by AAA.

Office of Vocations Pastoral care through vocations awareness and education ● To develop and conduct programs for use throughout the Archdiocese. Special emphasis is placed on the establishment of a Parish Vocation committee in every parish. ● Pastoral care identification and referral of potential candidates for diocesan priesthood and religious life. ● To administer a resource center with a variety of tools to help those in pastoral ministry to promote vocations. ● Pastoral care in the formation of candidates for diocesan priesthood collaborating with seminaries, college and theology seminary faculties.

Office of The Vicar For Religious The Office of the Vicar for Religious serves as a liaison between the Archbishop and Consecrated persons of both sexes of the Archdiocese, and between Consecrated persons and the clergy and the faithful. ● Provides information to and consulting with the Archbishop and the religious; represents the Archbishop at meetings or functions. ● Facilitates the communication of information from Rome to Consecrated Persons within the Archdiocese. ● Visits religious houses; officiates at some congregation elections; provides guidance to and evaluations of new religious communities; handles complaints about or from Consecrated persons. ● Arranges Indults & Dispensations with Rome as needed.

Office of Permanent Diaconate To support the ministry and lives of the deacons and their wives who serve the Archdiocese of San Francisco. ● Addresses concerns relating to ministry assignments and on-going education of deacons giving attention to spiritual, financial and health concerns of deacons & their families. ● Coordinates deacon assignments, arranges annual retreats and social events. ● Supports 15 parishes in San Francisco where 20 deacons are assigned / 22 parishes in San Mateo where 34 deacons are assigned and 8 parishes in Marin where 12 deacons are assigned.

Office of Permanent Diaconate Formation To oversee the formation of current candidates for ordination to diaconate. ● Conducts Diaconate Formation Program ● Screening, admission and formation of candidates for the five-year program.

Youth and Education

$509,000

Office of Religious Education & Youth Ministry The Office of Religious Education and Youth Ministry, called and challenged to be disciples of Christ by living the Gospel, seeks to nurture the life-long faith formation of all people by animating leaders in a holistic approach to their ministry. ● Provides Catechist and Youth Ministry formation and enrichment guidance and basic and master catechist certification. ● Provides leadership formation, adult faith formation and youth leadership training. ● Provides Sacramental preparation and Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults (RCIA) training. ● Provides classes for special needs individuals for sacraments and religious education.

Office of Young Adult Ministry The Office of Young Adult Ministry envisions, creates and advocates for opportunities for Catholics in their 20s and 30s to become full and active members in the Church community. Since 1998, the ministry to YA’s has increased 800%. ● Assist’s parishes in fully understanding and integrating YA’s into their faith communities. ● The two-person staff works with over 150 volunteers each year to put on a YA conference (Fall Fest), a Theology on Tap program, training sessions for ministers and staff, as well as pilgrimage to World Youth Day – the international gathering of YA’s with the Holy Father. ● Communication, through the www.sfyam.org website, email, and newsletters reaches over 2,500 YA’s.

Department of Catholic Schools The Department of Catholic Schools serves schools in the Archdiocese by providing excellent educational programs that prepare students for a truly Christian life. ● Staff of nine (Superintendent of Schools, five administrative staff, three support staff) full time employees to support pastors, administrators, teachers and families regarding policies and programs for religious and general education in elementary and secondary schools. ● Provides support for 67 elementary schools that enroll 19,248 students in kindergarten through Eighth grade; 14 high schools in the Archdiocese that enroll 8,368 students; and more than 2,000 full-time and part-time teachers, administrators, counselors, librarians, and support personnel. ● Cost per student at public schools in California is approximately $7,000, Catholic School is $5,055 (elementary school).

Total: $6,143,150

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Archbishop’s Annual Appeal

January 30, 2004

Income for the Archdiocese of San Francisco . . .

SOURCES OF INCOME All contributions to the AAA 2004 campaign are “restricted funds”. Therefore, by law, they must be used solely for the ministries and programs indicated.

This year, the total budget of the Archdiocese is over $10 million and the projected expenditure for the ministries and services that benefit Catholics and others in San Francisco, Marin, and San Mateo counties is over $6.1 million. The total required of all parishes for the Archbishop’s Annual Appeal 2004 is $5.2 million. This means the Archbishop’s Annual Appeal provides over half the total budget and most of the money spent for ministries and programs. The remainder of the budget is funded by bequests, rents, investments, and special gifts.

. . . Where the Archbishop’s Annual Appeal money goes MINISTRIES & PROGRAMS SUPPORTED

Pastoral Ministries / Services:

$1,706,450

Office of Worship, Evangelization, Ethnic Ministries, Marriage and Family Life, School of Pastoral Leadership, ACCW, Tribunal, Vicar for Spanish speaking, Hospital Chaplains, and Archives.

Parish / School Support / Services:

$1,332,000

Parish and school subsidies, the Council of Priests, Human Resources, Real Estate, a portion of Administrative Services and Development

Communications, Public Affairs and Wider Church:

$1,431,400

Information Office, Catholic San Francisco/El Heraldo Católico, TV Mass and Radio Hour, USCCB, California Catholic Conference, Ecumenical and Inter-religious programs, Detention Ministry, Justice & Peace, Respect Life.

Clergy Formation, Support and Retirement:

$1,164,300

Vicar for Clergy, Vocations, Permanent Diaconate, priests continuing education, Priests Retirement Fund, and Serra Clergy House.

Youth and Education:

$509,000

Religious Education, Youth Ministry, Young Adult Ministry, Elementary Family Grants, Teacher Incentive Grants, Inner City Elementary schools.

TOTAL SERVICES & MINISTRIES:

$6,143,150

The remainder of the Archdiocese’s budget also benefits parishes and schools by providing servies such as legal assistance, finance, payroll, and property management.

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